Russian special services draw 260 Ukrainian children into criminal activities – Lohachov

According to Ukrinform, Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Lohachov announced this during the conference "United for Justice. Accountability for Crimes Against Civilians."

"The methods of exploiting children have evolved. It started with arson attacks on vehicles and passing information to the enemy, and now children are being recruited for terrorist acts. In doing so, the children primarily endanger themselves. As of today, 260 children have been involved in such activities, including 50 who are under the age of 15. The youngest is 11 years old," he said.

Lohachov stressed that these are not just statistics, but represent broken lives and stolen childhoods.

As Ukrinform previously reported, at an educational institution in the Uzhhorod Raion in the Zakarpattia region, a ninth-grade student shot a classmate with a pistol.

Police classified the shooting as a terrorist act.

According to preliminary information, the teenager may have acted under the influence and psychological pressure of unidentified individuals with whom he communicated through a messaging app. The boy reportedly met them through an online game. He also said he had received threats that harm would come to his relatives if he failed to comply with their demands.