Russia ‘abducting children and training them to fight on frontline’ | World | News
President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed Russian soldiers are attempting to abduct and train Ukrainian children to fight on the frontlines. The Ukrainian leader made the claim in a recent interview where he outlined how Russian soldiers were, under orders from Vladimir Putin, kidnapping the children and turning them against their home country. Speaking to CBS News, Mr Zelensky said: “When these children grow up, they push these boys to the battlefield.” He went on to claim that he has “evidence of it” happening but did not provide any further details. Mr Zelensky went on to outline how Russia had been offering to trade the children for soldiers captured on the battlefield. He said: “It’s important to get back our warriors, war prisoners, but we can’t exchange them [for] the children. “Can you imagine, how we can exchange our children? We can’t. First of all, it’s out of the law. We can’t exchange civilians.” The president also told CBS that Ukraine has documented the abduction of at least 20,000 Ukrainian children, and wants help tracking down …

