🧵1/ Moscow is brainwashing Ukrainian children into delivering bombs — without telling them they will die in attacks.
This is the next phase of Moscow’s hybrid war: weaponizing children.
2/ In March, two Ukrainian teenagers were recruited via Telegram to plant a bomb in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Russian agents detonated it remotely.
One boy died instantly. The other survived, badly injured.
3/ A 15-year-old girl in Chernihiv was also targeted.
She carried a bomb disguised in a thermos — meant to explode remotely.
Luckily, Ukrainian intel swapped the real device for a fake in time.
4/ On Valentine’s Day in Mykolaiv, a woman unknowingly delivered a bomb to a group of soldiers.
It was detonated remotely. She died, along with one other person. 8 more were injured.
5/ Russia is recruiting Ukrainians — mostly teens — via Telegram and darknet forums for arson and sabotage.
The promise? Crypto payments of $600–$1,000.
None have been paid.
6/ In 2024 alone, over 450 people were detained for arson attacks in Ukraine.
According to police, most were motivated by money — not ideology.
More than 20% of them were children.
7/ To counter this, Ukraine’s SBU launched a chatbot: “Burn the FSB Agent.”
Since December, over 1,300 reports have been filed through it.
Recruitment attempts are rising, but so is public resistance.
8/ The problem? Telegram.
70% of Ukrainians rely on it for news and air raid alerts.
But it’s also become a primary tool for Russian intelligence.
9/ Ukraine has banned Telegram on state-issued devices, citing security risks — phishing, targeting, and espionage.
Yet the app remains embedded in daily life.
10/ The UK is already seeing spillover:
Russia-linked Telegram groups are offering crypto in exchange for mosque attacks and anti-Muslim graffiti.
11/ With trained Russian spies expelled from Europe, Moscow is turning to “disposable agents” — often teens — for sabotage.
This isn’t just Ukraine’s problem anymore.
12/ Hybrid war is expanding.
The techniques being tested on Ukrainian soil will be exported — unless the West wakes up.
A bad peace deal in Ukraine won’t bring stability. It’ll bring terror to Europe’s streets.
End of the thread 🧵
Source: cepa.org/article/terror…
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