The Kremlin has resorted to recruiting children to boost its troop numbers in eastern Ukraine, according to human rights officials.In a bid to replace the estimated 30,000 soldiers either killed, wounded or captured so far in the war, Moscow is said to be recruiting from youth clubs and conscripting 16-year-olds.So-called ‘patriotic clubs’ sprang up in Russian-occupied parts of eastern following its invasion in 2014 as part of a campaign to promote the country’s culture in Luhansk and Donetsk.
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