In Russia, students will be required to learn how to operate drones — CPD

Russian authorities are continuing to militarize the education system and plan to introduce a mandatory course on unmanned systems at the country’s transportation universities.

According to the Center for Countering Disinformation, the new initiative will take effect on September 1, 2026. The program will be implemented at 19 specialized universities and 86 of their branches throughout Russia.

At least 150,000 university students are expected to take the course. If specialized colleges are also included, the number of program participants will exceed 250,000.

The Center for Strategic Development believes that the skills acquired could be used to further recruit young people into the war against Ukraine.

“The Russian education system today functions solely as a conveyor belt that turns students into an obedient workforce and ‘cannon fodder’ for war,” the Center stated.

Source: Center for Countering Disinformation.

On the night of Saturday, June 21, drones attacked the port in Kerch in the temporarily occupied Crimea and the “Kavkaz” port in the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation, resulting in fires at the facilities.

In the Dnipro region, particularly on the temporarily occupied left bank of the Kherson region, Russian troops are increasingly facing supply and logistics challenges. Ukrainian defense forces have intensified pressure on key supply routes, further complicating the movement and delivery of resources to the occupying forces.

A Ukrainian drone attack on targets in the Moscow region on Thursday served as yet another example that, according to CNN, confirms the effectiveness of Ukraine’s strategy of overwhelming Russian air defense systems through the massive use of drones.