This essay critically examines how the militarization of childhood(s) takes place in the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics. The intensification of hostilities in Eastern Ukraine in mid-2014 has had a profound impact on local populations, particularly children. While no systematic recruitment and participation of children in conflict has been reported, childhood has become what Agathangelou and Killian would characterize as a ‘site for displacement and maneuvering for militarization.’ Drawing on feminist methodologies, I examine processes of the militarization of children’s everyday lives. This article investigates a range of ways in which authorities of proto-states in the Donbas region address children as participants and potential collaborators in the processes of militarization. In my analysis, I examine how war and preparation for it are simultaneously co-constituted by the geopolitical—legitimation of new proto-states—and everyday practices, such as engaging with school curricula, visiting museums, and (re)inventing historical narratives. Understanding of mechanisms that militarize childhood and how children become subjects and objects of militarization allows for a critical analysis that reveals spaces of everyday violence. This article, therefore, enhances our understanding about the intersections of childhood, militarism, and security.

这篇文章批判性地考察了童年的军事化是如何在卢甘斯克和顿涅茨克人民共和国发生的。2014 年年中乌克兰东部的敌对行动加剧，对当地居民，尤其是儿童产生了深远的影响。虽然没有系统地招募儿童参与冲突的报道，但童年已经成为 Agathangelou 和 Killian 所说的“流离失所和军事化活动场所”。我借鉴女权主义方法论，考察了儿童日常生活军事化的过程。本文调查了顿巴斯地区原始国家当局将儿童视为军事化过程中的参与者和潜在合作者的一系列方式。在我的分析中，我研究了战争和战争准备如何同时由地缘政治（新原型国家的合法化）和日常实践共同构成，例如参与学校课程、参观博物馆和（重新）创造历史叙事。了解童年军事化的机制以及儿童如何成为军事化的主体和客体，可以进行批判性分析，揭示日常暴力的空间。因此，这篇文章增强了我们对童年、军国主义和安全的交叉点的理解。了解童年军事化的机制以及儿童如何成为军事化的主体和客体，可以进行批判性分析，揭示日常暴力的空间。因此，这篇文章增强了我们对童年、军国主义和安全的交叉点的理解。了解童年军事化的机制以及儿童如何成为军事化的主体和客体，可以进行批判性分析，揭示日常暴力的空间。因此，这篇文章增强了我们对童年、军国主义和安全的交叉点的理解。