Event Brief
Russia recruits college students as drone pilots
Filed: May 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM ET
Summary: Russia is trying to recruit college students to serve as drone pilots.
WHO: Russia's military
WHAT: Presses college students to fill ranks of drone pilots
WHEN: May 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM ET
WHERE: Russia
WHY: To tap a population previously shielded from frontline recruitment
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