The case is reported by the British daily “The Telegraph”. The military man in a balaclava and dark glasses first pretended to be a member of the elite Russian Rubikon drone unit, encouraging people with stories about “heroic Russian drone operators”, and then abandoned the role of the invader. “I'm actually a soldier, just not a Russian one,” he said.
— I am Ukrainian. And I want to tell you: God forbid you come here, I will have no choice but to kill you, every one of you who signs the contract, he declared.
Russia is recruiting students
Analysts say that The Russian authorities have been intensively recruiting students for their unmanned forces since January. According to Russian journalist Farida Rustamova, universities are supposed to recruit about 2% of the population into the army. students. Universities carry out promotional campaigns in which students are promised an annual salary of 7 million rubles (approximately PLN 340,000) and tuition exemption until the end of their studies.
Students are told they will serve as drone operators in a safe place, away from the front lines, and will be allowed to leave the army after a year. In fact operators are considered key targets for attacks, and military contracts are assumed to be open-ended.
According to “The Telegraph”, citing an entry by a pro-war blogger, despite intensive recruitment, the Russian army only acquired about 2,000. students, far fewer than the tens of thousands required under the quota.
