Russian occupation officials continue to articulate plans for the forced removal and deportation of Ukrainian children over the course of Summer 2025. Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) Head Leonid Pasechnik reported on June 2 that Luhansk Oblast occupation officials are planning to provide “full-fledged rest” for at least 30,000 children from occupied Luhansk Oblast at summer camps and programs in occupied Ukraine and Russia in the coming summer months. Pasechnik noted that around 1,000 children will attend Russian federal summer camp institutions, including the “Artek” and “Alyye Parusa” camps in occupied Crimea; the “Krasnaya Gvozdika” camp in occupied Zaporizhia Oblast; the “Smena” and “Orlyonok” camps (Krasnodar Krai); the “Snegiri” health center and “Young Patriot” military-patriotic center (Moscow Oblast); and the “Okean” camp (Primorsky Krai), and that 12,500 other children will “rest and improve their health” at other camps in Altai Krai, Stavropol Krai, and the Tatarstan Republic. High school-aged children will participate in the “University Shifts” and “Cultural Map 4+85” programs in Russia. Kherson Oblast occupation head Vladimir Saldo reported on May 30 that 40 teenagers from occupied Kherson Oblast arrived in Vologograd Oblast to participate in the “Time of Young Heroes” military-patriotic training program at the “Voin” center, where they will learn tactical drone operation and combat medicine. ISW previously reported that Russian officials have set conditions to remove or deport 53,000 Ukrainian children to summer camps in occupied Ukraine and in the Russian Federation in Summer 2025 via summer camps, military-patriotic training courses, and other schemes. ISW continues to assess that these various summer camp programs are intended to indoctrinate and militarize Ukrainian children, eradicating their Ukrainian identities and instilling pro-Russian hyper-militarized sentiments in them to create the next generation of loyal Russians.
Key Takeaways:
- Russian occupation officials continue to articulate plans for the forced removal and deportation of Ukrainian children over the course of Summer 2025.
- Russian federal-level youth programs are indoctrinating and militarizing Ukrainian children.
- Russia continues to pursue infrastructure projects in occupied Ukraine as a means of forcibly integrating Ukraine into the Russian Federation.
- Russian infrastructure projects also facilitate Russian efforts to reap economic benefit off of Ukraine’s indigenous resources.
- Russia is taking steps to further consolidate its control over the energy grid in occupied Ukraine, supporting Russian efforts to integrate the energy system in occupied Ukraine with the Russian energy system.
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