Schoolchildren are invited to sign a contract for war with Ukraine using the textbook "Basics of Security" Russian schoolchildren are invited to join the ranks of the contract soldiers directly in the lessons of the subject "Basics of Security and Defense of the Homeland" (BSD), which replaced the safety of life. The corresponding paragraph titled "10 steps on how to become a contract soldier" is found in the 300-page textbook "The Russian Army in Defense of the Motherland" for students in grades 10-11, writes "We can explain". The appearance of the instruction manual on how to get contract service in the Russian armed forces, which are suffering record casualties in Ukraine, was known back in October 2025, but now it has become clear that high school students are being given incomplete information and told propaganda myths. For example, the authors noted that you can join a combatant military until the age of 40, although this requirement was lifted back in May 2022. The section also contains outdated data on restrictions on interrogators and prisoners, who since 2023 have been actively recruited into Russian forces and thrown into "meat" attacks. In addition, incorrect information was given about the salary of contract soldiers and the recruitment of Russians to the front was not mentioned at all. In October 2026, the Russian armed forces, according to European intelligence, lost a record 54,000 soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine. And the total number of Russians during the entire war, according to the Economist's calculations, could reach 770,000 people. More details.

Schoolchildren are invited to sign a contract for war with Ukraine using the textbook "Basics of Security" Russian schoolchildren are invited to join the ranks of the contract soldiers directly in the lessons of the subject "Basics of Security and Defense of the Homeland" (BSD), which replaced the safety of life. The corresponding paragraph titled "10 steps on how to become a contract soldier" is found in the 300-page textbook "The Russian Army in Defense of the Motherland" for students in grades 10-11, writes "We can explain". The appearance of the instruction manual on how to get contract service in the Russian armed forces, which are suffering record casualties in Ukraine, was known back in October 2025, but now it has become clear that high school students are being given incomplete information and told propaganda myths. For example, the authors noted that you can join a combatant military until the age of 40, although this requirement was lifted back in May 2022. The section also contains outdated data on restrictions on interrogators and prisoners, who since 2023 have been actively recruited into Russian forces and thrown into "meat" attacks. In addition, incorrect information was given about the salary of contract soldiers and the recruitment of Russians to the front was not mentioned at all. In October 2026, the Russian armed forces, according to European intelligence, lost a record 54,000 soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine. And the total number of Russians during the entire war, according to the Economist's calculations, could reach 770,000 people. More details.