Russia plans to intensify propaganda among children and youth in the occupied territories of the Central Military District

For this the occupiers want to engage writers and create militarized content – from books and comics to animated films and cinema.

Russia is launching a new campaign of ideological influence on children and youth through literature and media projects.

This is reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation.

In particular, in the occupied Donetsk, a meeting of so-called 'frontline writers' took place with the participation of the DNR leader Denis Pusilin. During the event, participants were tasked with strengthening ideological influence on youth and children.

For this they plan to create militarized content: books, comics, animation, and film adaptations.

According to the CCD, the authors are also being offered a system of incentives. They are offered grants, publications, adaptations, and recognition in exchange for promoting Kremlin narratives among residents of the temporarily occupied territories.

The Center notes that in this way Russia is trying to attract representatives of creative professions to justify armed aggression against Ukraine and to romanticize war crimes.

In the temporarily occupied Crimea, Russians are engaging schoolchildren and students in training to operate unmanned aerial vehicles, using simulators, real drones, and equipment of the Russian occupation army.