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Children, the shocking new weapon in the Ukraine war
Teenagers are being recruited for one-off covert attacks behind enemy lines.
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Over the years since the Russian invasion, the security services of both countries have discovered a cheap and accessible asset.
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Lilia Yapparova
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At dawn on May 8, 2023, a 17-year-old Russian teenager named Pavel Solovyov climbed through a hole in the fence of an aircraft plant in Novosibirsk, Russia.
He and two friends were looking for a warplane that could be set on fire. An anonymous Telegram account had promised them one million roubles (S$15,800) to do so – a surreal amount of money for the boys.
