April 3, 2026

In Volgograd schools, advertising for service in drone troops appeared

In schools No. 57 and No. 83 on "VKontakte," advertising for contract service in unmanned systems troops appeared. Readers of "Groza" drew attention to this. Both propaganda posts were published on February 13 without additional notes. It is unknown if this advertising was published on the social media of other schools. Prior to this, an internal document of the Ministry of Defense became publicly available, according to which 78.8 thousand people are to be recruited into drone troops in 2026. Earlier, active agitation to attract citizens to UAV troops began in Russian universities. Faridaily reported that the Ministry of Science and Higher Education set the task for university rectors to send at least 2% of students to the war in Ukraine. Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov stated that he knows nothing about the recruitment of students into UAV troops.