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Russia is bringing back Soviet-era military training in schools in the face of huge troop losses in Ukraine.
Children will be taught how to handle and fire Kalashnikovs – as well as learning first aid and how to respond to chemical and nuclear attacks.
It is believed officials are reviving a Communist programme in response to repeated defeats in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin has been recruiting conscripts for his illegal invasion but the poorly trained troops have failed to turn the tide for Moscow.
Vladimir Putin has been recruiting conscripts for his illegal invasion but the poorly trained troops have failed to turn the tide for Moscow
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Russia is planning to start the training programme in September next year, the Ministry of Defence revealed, adding that Moscow said no fewer than 140 hours per academic year should be devoted to it.
The MoD said the plan is probably designed to ‘prepare students with military skills as they approach conscription age and to increase the take-up for mobilisation and conscription drives’.
Russia tried to revive the training after the 2014 invasion of Crimea but it had little effect on the quality of conscripts.
The move comes as Putin proposed to strip passports from non-birth Russian citizens who criticise the Ukraine war.
The amendment will reportedly target Ukrainians who acquired Russian passports during Moscow’s occupation.
The actions that will be considered a crime are ‘discrediting the Russian army’, ‘spreading fake news’ and ‘participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation’.
