US EditionRussia woos students for its drone forces in Ukraine with large financial packages
Universities are offering tuition waivers and salaries up to 7 million roubles a year as Moscow seeks more skilled drone operators.
- Russian universities are offering students substantial financial packages to join drone units as operators and engineers, bolstering forces in the fifth year of the war in Ukraine.
- Deputy chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev stated on Friday that Russia's rolling recruitment system continues to deliver, reporting over 400,000 volunteers last year and over 80,000 this year.
- The Moscow State University and The Russian State Hydrometeorological University offer a first-year salary from 5.5 million roubles, a 2.5 million rouble one-off payment, and a monthly allowance of 240,000 roubles.
- Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov ordered private and public companies to set recruitment quotas for the Defence Ministry, requiring firms with up to 300 workers to provide two recruits.
- Drone operators play a pivotal role in the grinding war of attrition yet remain high-value targets, frequently hunted and killed if their positions are revealed.
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Russia woos students for its drone forces in Ukraine with large financial packages
Students across Russia are being offered large financial incentives to join drone units fighting in Ukraine as operators and engineers, while companies in Russia's central Ryazan region have been given quotas to sign up workers for the army, documents show.
Russia targets students with drone recruitment incentives
MOSCOW, April 2 — Russian authorities are offering students large financial packages to join newly formed drone units in Ukraine, according to documents and officials, as the war enters its fifth year. Universities and companies in regions such as Ryazan have been given quotas to sign up recruits, while institutions like the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok promise academic leave, free tuition upon return, housing, grants, and cover…
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