More than 3,000 people from 20 counties showed up today to take part in a patriotic military training camp where children were taught how to use weapons in the dead of winter and drenched in buckets of icy water.
The military event, titled “Be Healthy Is Trendy,” took place in Krasnogorsk, west of Moscow, and was supported by the Presidential Administration and the Ministry of Sports.
Shocking footage of the event emerged, showing rows of wide-eyed children wearing crop tops and crocodiles holding buckets of icy water in the snow.
Before them, a shirtless man demonstrates how to tip the bucket over himself, before turning to yell in the faces of his audience.
The sea of people screams back, crouching down in sumo squats and tensing their muscles.
More than 3,000 people from 20 counties showed up today to participate in a patriotic military training camp where children were taught how to use guns
Shocking footage from the event emerged today, showing rows of wide-eyed kids wearing crop tops and crocs holding buckets of icy water in the snow
In front of them, a shirtless man demonstrates how to tip the bucket over himself, before turning to yell in the faces of his audience
The sea of people screams back, crouching down in sumo squats and tensing their muscles
Some look visibly cold, but many put on brave faces. The temperature dropped to -5C in the region today.
Elsewhere, women and children were saluted by officials wearing shirts that read: ‘We will win’, with the letters ‘Z’ and ‘V’, symbols of Russian pro-war propaganda.
During the same event, children and adult participants also learned how to handle weapons.
Photos show young boys brandishing Kalashnikov AK-74 assault rifles next to men in military uniforms.
Other uniformed guards teach how to properly hold weapons, while more soldiers watch from the sidelines.
It comes amid reports Russian soldiers committed nearly 90,000 war crimes in Ukraine murdered, raped and tortured with thousands of innocent people.
The Ukrainian government has documented the atrocities that have taken place since the invasion on February 24 last year.
During the same event, children and adult participants also learned how to handle weapons. Photos show young boys brandishing Kalashnikov AK-74 assault rifles next to men in military uniforms
Shocking footage from the event emerged today, showing rows of wide-eyed kids wearing crop tops and crocs holding buckets of icy water in the snow
Women and children learned greetings from officials wearing shirts that read, “We will win,” with the letters “Z” and “V,” symbols of Russian pro-war propaganda
Other uniformed guards teach how to properly hold the guns, while more soldiers watch from the sidelines
The military event, titled “Be Healthy Is Trendy,” took place in Krasnogorsk, west of Moscow, and was supported by the Presidential Administration and the Ministry of Sports.
The southern city of Kherson suffered 8,000 crimes when it was occupied for eight months before Ukrainian soldiers retook it in November.
Torture chambers have been found, including one called ‘The Hole’ where prisoners were electrocuted and beaten.
Andriy Yermak, head of the president’s cabinet, said: ‘Unfortunately, the scale of the tragedy is much greater.
“Because in almost every liberated town or village we find evidence of torture and extrajudicial executions.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Friday to do everything he could to defeat Russia this year as the first Leopard tanks arrived in Ukraine on the anniversary of the start of Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.
To mark the anniversary, street protests against the Russian invasion were held in many European capitals, and new Western sanctions targeted Russia’s banks, military industry and access to semiconductors.
Moscow – without evidence – has accused Kiev of committing genocide against Russian speakers in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, where fighting has been taking place since 2014 between Ukrainian troops and Russian separatists.
The military event, titled “Be Healthy Is Trendy,” took place in Krasnogorsk, west of Moscow, and was supported by the Presidential Administration and the Ministry of Sports.
In front of them, a shirtless man demonstrates how to tip the bucket over himself, before turning to yell in the faces of his audience
Participants pose for a group photo during the patriotic military event called “Be healthy is trendy”, on February 25, 2023
A woman examines a Kalashnikov AK-74 assault rifle as a Federal Security Service (FSB) officer in military uniform watches
A man examines a Kalashnikov AK-74 assault rifle
Officers of the Russian army stand next to the tent during the patriotic military event