In occupied Donetsk Oblast, the Russian occupation authorities had some 500 schoolchildren take part in an “anti-terrorist dictation.” The rights group Zmina says the occupiers and their collaborators stage such events deliberately to intimidate local residents, children, and teenagers among them.
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The exercise is one instrument of a documented system. In July 2026, an OSCE expert mission invoked by 41 states found that Russia’s use of terrorism and extremism legislation against Ukrainian children may amount to a crime against humanity.
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The dictation was held in 17 schools across occupied Donetsk, Mariupol, Makiivka, and Volnovakha, with pupils in grades eight through eleven answering questions in writing, according to the occupation’s Donetsk News Agency, cited by Zmina.
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The dictation sits alongside a broader remaking of occupied schools. From 1 September, the occupation authorities introduced a compulsory Russian-identity subject, a separate military-training track, and behavior grades for children as young as second grade.
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