Russian kids learn to throw grenades, carry rifles in training to be next generation of Putin’s military

Baby-faced Russian children as young as 8 have been taught how to throw hand grenades and carry rifles at a bizarre summer camp designed to train up the next generation of Putin’s military.

The twisted exercises, supervised by soldiers who have fought in Russia’s war in Ukraine, saw young children given real rifles or convincing replicas at a camp in the Rostov region, close to the Ukrainian border.

“We threw hand grenades and fired dummy shots,” 8-year-old participant Ivan Glushchenko said excitedly, when asked what his favorite part had been during the camp.

Young girls train at the the Don Cossack Cadet School of the Emperor Alexander III. REUTERS Russian children as young as 8 are being taught how to throw hand grenades and carry

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