The Ukrainian project "I Want to Live" has published a list of Russian university students recruited by the Ministry of Defense straight from their student days.
More than a half — first- and second-year students. 80% are young men aged 18 to 21.
According to the student publication Groza, at least 269 universities and colleges campaigned students to sign a contract to serve in the Russian UAV troops.
Recently, it was reported that the first female students were recruited to serve in the unmanned forces: a contract have signed five girls from a technical college in Ulyanovsk village of Kuzovatovo.