Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Head Denis Pushilin claimed on January 20 that his administration plans to “organize recreation” for 58,000 children at summer camps in occupied Donetsk Oblast and in Russia in Summer 2026. Pushilin claimed that his administration sent 56,000 children to such camps in 2025, including over 24,000 children who attended summer programs outside of occupied Donetsk Oblast.Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)NEW: Russian occupation officials signaled their intent to send tens of thousands of Ukrainian children to summer camps throughout occupied Ukraine and within Russia in Summer 2026.
Other Key Takeaways:
Russia continues to send Ukrainian teenagers to Russian military-patriotic training camps, including the Avangard sports camp in Volgograd Oblast.
The Kherson Oblast occupation administration is expanding the power of local occupation authorities to arbitrate children’s affairs.
Yunarmia (Russia’s Young Army Cadet National Movement) is training Ukrainian children how to operate drones in combat conditions.
Russia is institutionalizing drone development and production in schools in occupied Ukraine through the implementation of the mandatory “Fundamentals of Security and Protection of the Motherland” (OBZR) curriculum.
Russia is expanding forced passportization measures to Ukrainian children under the age of 14.
Russian occupation officials and commentators continue to claim that the only way to solve the ongoing water crisis in occupied areas is for Russian forces to capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast.
Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU) reported that Russia exported over 2 billion tons of stolen Ukrainian grain in 2025.
Russian occupation administrations continue efforts to isolate residents of occupied areas from any non-Russian media sources or information flows by physically removing Ukrainian satellite dish infrastructure.
Occupied Crimea-based Russian telecommunications company and internet provider Miranda-Media continues to expand into the rest of occupied Ukraine.— https://x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/2014382829023420761
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Jan 23, 2026
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