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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Chris Hughes

Vladimir Putin bracing Russia for all-out war by preparing schoolchildren for frontline

President Vladimir Putin is doubling down on bracing his country for all-out war by preparing school children for the frontline.

Pupils will be made to undertake 140 hours of military training in their final two years of study and will be taught by battle-hardened veterans.

Moscow’s lawmakers hope preparing teenage pupils for war will end the problem of sending untrained recruits to war in Ukraine.

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