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Cadet groups have opened in kindergartens in at least 26 regions of Russia. Preschoolers are being taught hand-to-hand combat and firearms training.

This is terrifying and disgusting on so many levels. And this will remain a problem for years and decades to come.

▪ Special cadet groups based in kindergartens have appeared in at least 57 districts across 26 Russian regions, according to calculations by Verstka media. Most of them were opened after 2022.

▪ Children aged 4 to 7 take part in marching and song competitions, practice "the correctness of marching in formation and precision in reporting," engage in hand-to-hand combat and firearms training, attend city events in parade uniforms, weave camouflage nets, and meet with Russian soldiers.

▪ Kindergarten staff training the preschool cadets regularly post reports of patriotic activities on social media.

"The [cadet] initiation ceremony followed all the rules: the Russian national anthem was played, the state flag was raised, and the triple vow ‘I swear!’ was pronounced," said teachers from the Vasilyok group.

▪ In several cities, cadet groups are created with a "service profile." For example, in Syktyvkar, kindergarten No. 112 opened police groups, while in Kostomuksha (Karelia) children train under the supervision of the Emergency Ministry (EMERCOM). In Kursk, graduates of kindergarten No. 11 were enrolled in a "border guard" class at school No. 60 - their homeroom teacher is a participant in the "special military operation."

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