"Diploma for contract"
In Russia, college and university students are being recruited to serve in the unmanned forces, forcing them to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense under promises of accelerated training, academic benefits, and a year of service.
So, administration of the Volgograd city of Volzhsky reported on the first graduates of the local college at the Volzhsky Institute of Economics, Pedagogy, and Law to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense to serve in unmanned forces. As NeMoskva discovered, these are two brothers— Rostislav and Vyacheslav PonomarevThey were awarded their secondary vocational education diplomas ahead of schedule.
"The brothers decided to enlist in the contract service after the university began informing students about the opportunities for service in the VBP. The university has created a mechanism for accelerated training with an individual schedule. At the same time, they were selected for unmanned systems units."
says in a post on the official public page of the Volzhsky administration on VKontakte.
That meeting where the military talked about the contract with the college students, which officials are talking about, Passed February 18. And advertise the signing of a contract with the UAV units at the university Have begun back in December 2025.
In a video posted on the administration's public page, one of the brothers says that "service in the unmanned forces is an excellent opportunity to put my skills to good use." He noted that he signed a one-year contract and will then consider continuing his studies at a university. Officials promise recruited students service "far from the line of contact."
In another Russian educational institution - Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (TSUACE) — a working group has been created with the participation of deans of key faculties and directors of institutes, which will meet monthly perform The Ministry of Education and Science's quotas for recruiting candidates for UAV operator positions. The order to create the group was signed on February 13 by the acting rector. Oleg Volokitin and published on the educational institution's website. The first meeting of military personnel with students at TSUACE Passed 13 February.
The recruitment campaign for students to join the UAV forces is spreading across many regions. In Tyumen students campaigned via SMS, in Krasnoyarskpromised transfer to the budget for students of fee-paying departments who have signed a contract.
Video: Volzhsky administration
