Ukrainian teen may be forced into the Russian army
A 17-year-old Ukrainian who was moved from Ukraine to Russia is facing the prospect of being conscripted into the army fighting against the country of his birth.
Bogdan Yermokhin, originally from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, tried to return to Ukraine in March but was stopped by Russian border guards.
He has now been ordered to report to a Moscow region draft centre next month, after he turns 18.
The teenager was orphaned in 2014 and before Russia's invasion of Ukraine he lived with a foster family in the port city of Mariupol. The director of a technical college where he was studying became his legal guardian in 2021.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67368313In 2022, Mariupol was seized by Russian forces after one of the bloodiest battles of the war, and Bogdan ended up in Russia. It remains unclear how or why he was moved.
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