Meanwhile, Russian students learn how to operate drones and clean guns. While Russian schoolchildren will operate airborne drones, drill rifles, and train in hand-to-hand combat, Ukrainian kids will undergo a safety course for navigating treacherous landmines. It's a harrowing reality for Ukrainian children and presents an even bleaker future, with the country now the most heavily mined in the world, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov. Meanwhile, Russian students will face an increasingly militarized classroom this school year. Students as young as year 10 and 11 will learn how to operate combat drones.

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Persons: Oksen Lisovy, It'll, Oleksii Reznikov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: Service, Ukraine's Education, Kyiv, Kyiv Independent, Education Ministry, UNICEF, Ukrainian Defense Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Kyiv, Crimea, Republic of Crimea, Russia, Russian