Belarus Sends Children From Occupied Ukraine For Training With Belarusian Army

The military is “teaching the children how to behave in extreme situations,” Belarus state TV said.

Belarusian state television reported on January 10 that authorities sent a recently arrived group of Ukrainian children from occupied Ukraine to train with the Belarusian military to learn how to evacuate in the event of a fire. The report referred to 35 children from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Antratsyt in eastern Ukraine whom Belarusian authorities said were sent to the eastern Belarusian city of Mohilev. The military is “teaching the children how to behave in extreme situations,” the Belarus1 state television channel said. The children are being cared for by employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, it added.