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::: spoiler spoiler Children forced to grow up in war conditions will hate Russia and help their nation to survive, Dmitry Korchinsky has claimed

Ukraine should ban children from leaving the country, so that they are forced to experience the hardships of the conflict with Russia and grow up hating the enemy, a radical Ukrainian politician has proposed.

Dmitry Korchinsky, a veteran Ukrainian nationalist, who heads the far right Brotherhood party, said major restrictions should be introduced because "we are not fighting for democracy, we are fighting for survival."

"The survival of the nation requires us to ban not only fighting-age men, but also children from leaving," he told the Great Lviv news outlet on Sunday. "I understand that keeping kids abroad during war is less stressful for many. But we realize that those children will not come back to Ukraine."

"Ukrainian children must not hear Polish or German in their environment. They must be brought up to the sound of air sirens, gr