Russia's nuclear weapons directorate recruits students as drone operators, promises no Ukraine deployment - Mediazona reports at least one recruit killed.
Russia's 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, responsible for nuclear weapons, has intensified recruitment of university students into drone operator units, offering one-year contracts with a promise of no deployment to the war in Ukraine. The directorate is also seeking drone instructors. A 23-year-old student from Buryatia was killed three months after being recruited, according to Mediazona.
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