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- Russia is expanding recruitment for drone units amid the Ukraine conflict to avoid mobilization.
- A St. Petersburg billboard promotes drone operators as "the new indispensables."
- Universities such as Far Eastern Federal University and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering offer financial packages to students who enlist, including salaries starting at 5.5 million roubles.
- Ryazan region companies must meet recruitment quotas for military contracts, overseen by Governor Pavel Malkov.
