PMC Ryodan: How anime-inspired youth movement got embroiled in the Ukraine-Russia war

It is 2023, and the Ukraine and Russia war isn't limited to politics and hyper-nationalism. It's time for teenage anime fans to be embroiled in the war. Kyiv and Moscow are now busy pointing fingers at each other for "exporting" an anime sub-culture to destabilise each other's nations.

Zooming Out on Ukraine's Offensive - War on the Rocks

I have a sudden urge to give Ukraine more artillery : r/NonCredibleDefense

PMC Ryodan: The Strange Story of Anime Teens, their Sworn Enemies and the Kremlin - bellingcat

Anime-inspired teenage gangs that originated in Moscow plaguing streets of Ukraine's cities, Kyiv says

Steam prices vs new Russian anime-bassed radical subculture PMCs ryodan : r/csgo

Ryodan teenagers 'trying to destablise Russia and Ukraine

ARTICLE JAPANESE GO CRAZY OVER UKRAINIAN ANIME-STYLE SOLDIERS - Ukraine Democracy Initiative

Meet the woman drawing all the cute anime Ukrainian soldiers - Euromaidan Press

PMC Ryodan: The Strange Story of Anime Teens, their Sworn Enemies and the Kremlin - bellingcat

Russian Forces Tortured Detainees in Izium, Ukraine

PMC Ryodan: The Strange Story of Anime Teens, their Sworn Enemies and the Kremlin - bellingcat

Some in Russia call for anime ban as mob of delinquent fans becomes social issue - The Japan Times

Jake Hanrahan on X: Ecological anarchists fighting on the frontline against #Russia in south #Ukraine. One of them has a Makhno Free Territory flag patch on his chest rig. / X