{"id":358870,"date":"2026-06-30T21:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=358870"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:59:18","slug":"russian-children-aged-11-are-participating-in-military-training-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/russian-children-aged-11-are-participating-in-military-training-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian children aged 11 are participating in military training | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia has doubled the quantity of required military training for kids between the ages of 11 and 17.<\/p>\n

Courses now include lessons on drones, field exercises and firearm training, education minister Sergei Kravtsov said.<\/p>\n

The course, often known as \u2018Fundamentals of Homeland Security and Defence\u2019, will now include at the very least 17 hours of basic military training, adding to the 34 hours of fabric in total.<\/p>\n

Schools require young students to review Russian military history, civil service, wartime survival, combat skills, firearm handling, and even learn learn how to use grenades.<\/p>\n

The classes of their latest format could begin as soon as September in occupied Crimea, in response to Kommersant.<\/p>\n

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In 2024, it was revealed that children in Russia were being trained on learn how to protect themselves in a nuclear attack.<\/p>\n

Students find out about \u2018the combat properties and damaging effects of mass destruction weapons, in addition to methods of\u00a0protection against them\u2019.<\/p>\n

The brand new training also comes amid heightened tensions between NATO and Russia.<\/p>\n

Russia\u00a0recently began construction on a brand new military base eerily near\u00a0Finland\u2019s eastern border for the primary time for the reason that USSR collapsed.<\/p>\n

Aerial photos show a dozen latest barracks under construction after\u00a0work\u00a0began in late 2025 to clear forest nearby.<\/p>\n

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The bottom could accommodate between 4,000 and 6,000 personnel, military expert and former Finnish intelligence officer Marko Eklund found.<\/p>\n

The brand new base and the installation of troops there could pose a security issue for Finland, which shares an 830-mile border with Russia.<\/p>\n

Slowly, Russia is re-establishing the Leningrad military district for defensive capabilities \u2013 likely hoping to make use of it in an offensive, whether it is capable of in the longer term.<\/p>\n

Russia has been beefing up its military presence after\u00a0Sweden\u00a0and Finland joined NATO years ago in response to Russian threats made following its invasion of\u00a0Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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