President Donald Trump and his team continue to push for peace in Ukraine. All signs indicate that Russia has zero interest in peace but is preparing for a larger war. The clearest indicator is the Kremlin’s systematic militarization of Ukrainian children, including those abducted and trapped in occupation, and Moscow’s long-term plans for these children.

Since 2022, Moscow has intentionally kidnapped at least 20,000 Ukrainian children. Experts estimate the number to be much higher. Many are forced to join the Russian military and fight their own country. All males in occupied Ukraine receive draft notices to join the Russian army at 17. Russia’s policy to militarize Ukrainian children is evil, morally corrupt, and anti-Christian, but at this scale, it also poses a security threat to Washington and NATO countries. Here is why. 

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Moscow’s federal annual expenditures on youth policy have increased by 66% to $850 million this year. In 2025, the federal budget allocation for the “Movement of the First,” one of the largest organizations responsible for the........

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