‘He couldn’t wait to join’: thousands of Russian youth die in Ukraine war

‘He couldn’t wait to join’: thousands of Russian youth die in Ukraine war

Moscow is spending millions to try to mould a new generation willing to give their lives in military service

Shortly after turning 18 in February, Daniil Yermolenko fulfilled a long-held wish and signed a contract with Russia’s armed forces. A month later, he voted for the first time, casting a ballot in the presidential election for Vladimir Putin, who had already been in power for six years when Yermolenko was born in 2006.

By late March Yermolenko had completed a basic two-week military training, and he was sent to Berdychi in eastern Ukraine where Russian forces were engaged in a devastating assault as part of its spring offensive.

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