{"id":161234,"date":"2025-10-23T15:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161234\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-operates-extensive-network-of-military-instruction-for-schoolchildren","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161234\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus operates extensive network of military instruction for schoolchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kuprejchik_latushko_POZ_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kuprejchik_latushko_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kuprejchik_latushko_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kuprejchik_latushko_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kuprejchik_latushko_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kuprejchik_latushko_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Ma\u0107viej Kuprej\u010dyk of BelPol (left)\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 23, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> A new report sheds light on the scale of child militarization in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary schools across the country in May 2023 had a combined budget sufficient to fund 1,729 full-time positions for basic military training instructors, 1,604 of which were filled, according to findings presented by the BelPol intelligence group and the opposition National Anti-Crisis Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Belarus operated nine cadet schools in Brest, Homiel, Hrodna, Mahilo\u016d, Minsk, Viciebsk, and the Minsk region, providing military training to about 1,800 teenagers. In 2023, 74 percent of cadet school graduates enrolled in higher military education institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 2024, approximately 4,000 secondary school students across the country were receiving military training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vast scale of the program indicates that the military is preparing \u201cadditional cannon fodder,\u201d said Ma\u0107viej Kuprej\u010dyk of BelPol, noting that Russia could go to war with Europe as early as 2027, a conflict that would \u201ccertainly involve Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople who complete such training will be the first to be drafted,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report is titled \u201cChildren Without Future: Militarization of Childhood in Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 23, Pozirk. A new report sheds light on the scale of child militarization in Belarus. 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