Forced mobilization of student youth in the temporary occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions at the beginning of the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine

Abstract

This report examines the involvement of the population of the occupied territories of Ukraine of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the invasion of the territory of Ukraine in 2022 by the armed forces of the Russian Federation. It focuses on the body of evidence for the forced mobilization of the student youth population in these two regions in the lead up to invasion and assesses the implications of this mobilization effort.