Students are being recruited at universities and other educational institutions around Russia for the Russian Defense Ministry's drone units. Often they are promised a one-year contract, around 5 million rubles (about €50,000, $58,000) and free tuition after their stint in the military, as well as being told that they will be deployed at a safe distance from the front in Ukraine. But observers say the students are being misled and duped into signing permanent contracts. At worst, they are being