Students in Occupied Crimea Forced into Military Service for Scholarships

In the occupied Kerch State Maritime Technical University, students are being forced to register for the so-called military service in order to receive a scholarship.

According to the Center of National Resistance, the new payment procedure introduced by the occupation administration is another step towards the forced militarization of young people in the temporarily occupied territories.

The CNS emphasized that such actions are a gross violation of international law, in particular the Geneva Convention, which prohibits the occupying power from forcing civilians to serve in its army. Such decisions are not only illegal, but also immoral, as they jeopardize the future of young people by forcing them to participate in the war effort.

The National Resistance Center called on students and their families to be careful and avoid being forced to join the occupiers' military system. Ukrainians are also asked to join the Resistance Movement and report the crimes of the occupation authorities through an anonymous chatbot to speed up the liberation of the occupied territories.

Recently, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, Russians organized another propaganda performance for young people. Representatives of the Storm assault unit of the 810th Marine Brigade of the Russian Federation, a unit staffed not only by mobilized soldiers but also by former prisoners, including those convicted of serious crimes, spoke to the students.

In addition, the Crimean branch of the Russian State University of Justice ordered the girls to make valentines for the Russian military. Moreover, the students are offered to leave their contacts on the cards - under the pretext that "real heroes" are better than local Crimeans, who mostly have a negative attitude towards the occupation authorities.

The invaders also set up engineering classes in the temporarily occupied territories, where they teach teenagers to assemble drones for the needs of the Russian army.

Earlier, Intent wrote about how the occupiers force schoolchildren to make parts for weapons in Crimea.

Ірина Глухова