The training part is nothing of secret. The US, Europe, and Canada have been aiding, training, and supporting Ukraine ever since Russia invaded and annexed Crimea. I think it was only 100-200 CAF.
As for the labs... yeh, I don't buy it. It sounds more like a pretext of what Russia itself plans to do. Russia media is all propoganda and strictly monitored by Putin's regime at the moment.
Of course kids will take up arms. Their country has been invaded, their mothers, sisters, and daughters are either dead or about to die. I can't think of a single country where it was invaded and women and little children didn't take up arms. Afghanistan, during both the invasions (Russia in 1979 & US in 2001) little boys aged 5 and 6 were armed with Kalashnikov rifles (most of these kids are now part of the Taliban). When US invaded Iraq their snipers were notorious for shooting little girls and boys either for game or because they were armed and strapped with explosives (rightfully so).
As for the labs... yeh, I don't buy it. It sounds more like a pretext of what Russia itself plans to do. Russia media is all propoganda and strictly monitored by Putin's regime at the moment.
Of course kids will take up arms. Their country has been invaded, their mothers, sisters, and daughters are either dead or about to die. I can't think of a single country where it was invaded and women and little children didn't take up arms. Afghanistan, during both the invasions (Russia in 1979 & US in 2001) little boys aged 5 and 6 were armed with Kalashnikov rifles (most of these kids are now part of the Taliban). When US invaded Iraq their snipers were notorious for shooting little girls and boys either for game or because they were armed and strapped with explosives (rightfully so).