The police have already obtained virtually 70 experiences from minors who stated that the Russians tried to recruit them to commit acts of sabotage. On the identical time, greater than 60 youngsters agreed to commit crimes.

Supply: Vasyl Bohdan, head of the juvenile police of Ukraine, in an interview for Ukrinform information company

Particulars: Because the starting of 2025, regulation enforcement officers have recorded 65 information of sabotage involving 62 kids aged 13 to 17.

Their principal motivation, says Bohdan, is cash.

"Additionally, these youngsters have a partial want to say themselves or a blind perception that they won’t be caught.

However no baby realised that he may die or obtain any horrible accidents. All of them thought of it a straightforward part-time job, typically not even realizing that they had been working for the enemy," he notes.

Background:

• Earlier, regulation enforcement officers awarded two youngsters from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast who had been tried to be recruited by the Russians to set fireplace to the service autos belonging to the Ukrainian defence forces.
• Additionally, a 14-year-old boy from Ternopil Oblast contacted the police after receiving a message within the Telegram messenger providing doubtful earnings. He was supplied to "carry issues from one place to a different" for a reward "of a thousand {dollars}".

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