1/ Russian kindergarteners in the Krasnodar region have been learning about the joys of trench warfare . Pre-school children wore camouflage, learned how to assemble and disassemble automatic rifles, and sat in an improvised trench dug in their school's lawn. ⬇️
I suppose
Little I'd ever teach a son, but hitting,
Shooting, war, hunting, all the arts of hurting.
Well, that's what I learnt,—that, and making money.
2/ The "Zarnichka-2023" exercise took place at the 'Romashka' kindergarten in Labinsk, a town of around 57,000 people in Russia's far south. The "Not Normal" Telegram channel reports that 84 kindergarteners participated with the aid of Russian army cadets.
3/ According to the channel, "The head of the [district] administration, Vladimir Zaburaev, and the kindergarten teachers happily watched the children playing at killing each other. The event programme also included the standard assembly/disassembly of automatic rifles and writing letters to the military at the front."
4/ A press release on VK says that "14 teams of 6 people went through 11 stations, and also attended a variety of interesting master classes, improving their dexterity, accuracy, ability to work in a team and be friendly.
They were accompanied by cadets involved in patriotic clubs in the area. Pre-conscription youth also worked at the stations. The children took part in a number of actions and wrote letters to the soldiers."
5/ "After completing all the stages, the kids tasted the soldier’s porridge with appetite."
The exercise forms part of an ongoing and increasingly intensive effort to militarise Russia's schools, with 'patriotic education' now provided from an early age along with training in militarily useful topics such as drone flying. /end
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