Across Ukraine, at least 13 minors are imprisoned after being paid by Russia to attack their own country.
Yaroslav Suzanskyi, 18, at a juvenile correctional facility in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, in July. He was sentenced after being recruited by Russia to attack his own country. Photos by Serhiy Morgunov/For The Washington Post By Serhiy Morgunov The Washington Post Today [ jb - Sept 20 ] [at 5:00 a.m. EDT/8 min] Article contains additional photographs The Washington Post KREMENCHUK, Ukraine — Yaroslav Suzanskyi was 16 when he saw an ad on the Telegram messaging app offering “easy money,” about $165, to do an odd job. It turned out to be a want-ad for sabotage: Suzanskyi was paid to set fire to a railway relay cabinet. Now 18, Suzanskyi is incarcerated at a juvenile correctional colony, both a perpetrator and a victim of a hidden part of Russia’s war against Ukraine: recruiting vulnerable young people to attack their own country. He is one of eight inmates at Kremenchuk — in a population of 72 — convicted of national security or public safety offenses linked to Russia. Many of the chil...
