Russians intend to evacuate 5,000 children from occupied Luhansk, according to the Center for National Resistance.

Russia intends to relocate five thousand children from the temporarily occupied Luhansk region. In this way, the Kremlin is intensifying its policy of assimilating Ukrainians in the seized territories through "cultural" and "rehabilitation" programs. This was reported on Tuesday, January 7, by the Center for National Resistance.   It is noted that Russians plan to evacuate children under the Kremlin's program "Cultural Map 4+85".   "The Cultural Map provides for propaganda trips for schoolchildren to Russian cities aimed at brainwashing young Ukrainians and their subsequent Russification. Additionally, children are offered the opportunity to continue their education in the aggressor country," the CNS reports.   It is emphasized that in 2025, the Kremlin aims to strengthen its policy of assimilating Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories. To this end, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation has established numerous special programs.   "Russians are actively seeking ways to transport Ukrainian children to Russia: these include 'university exchanges' and 'rehabilitation' trips," the CNS clarifies.   The occupying Russian authorities in the temporarily occupied Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region are urging local residents to "Russify" their Ukrainian surnames when changing their passports to Russian ones.   Earlier, it was reported that in the temporarily occupied territories, the occupiers plan to deprive Ukrainians without Russian citizenship of their right to reside in 2025.   The Russian Federation recognizes the passports of the "LPR" and "DPR" as invalid - CNS