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BBC found recruitment activity in at least 95 Russian universities and colleges by late February 2026; Groza cited nearly 270.
Part of the monitored dynamic Russia–Ukraine War · VUCA INDEX 81/100
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INGESTED ARTICLETIER 2JUL 4
yahoo.com — Russia looks to students to make up for mounting losses in Ukraine
"BBC Russian found evidence of recruitment activity in at least 95 universities and colleges by late February, and in April student publication Groza put the number of universities and colleges that had promoted contracts for the drone forces at almost 270."
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from yahoo.com · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 4.
Extracted JUL 4; approved JUL 4 at 0.60.
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