12/ "This isn't fantasy; it's a long-standing reality of coercing mobilised personnel into signing contracts, and now there are emerging cases of conscripts being coerced into signing contracts, or even having contracts signed on their behalf.
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Coerced Consent of Servicemembers in Russian Military Operation
10/ "However, a mere formal order from above is not enough in such matters. The reality in the Special Military Operation is such that, if there is a strong desire and a pressing need, obtaining that consent from a servicemember would not pose any particular problem.
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Scandal Over Arbitrary Transfers of Drone Operators to Infantry
8/ "In recent years, we have witnessed numerous scandalous situations involving the arbitrary transfer of drone operators to infantry positions.
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Russia Struggles With Drone Operator Recruitment Transparency Issues
6/ "There are plenty of people within Russia who want to become drone operators, but the main problem was the lack of transparency in the process: someone goes to the UAV units and ends up in the stormtroopers. And there have been countless such situations."
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Russia Bans Forced Transfer of Unmanned Systems Troops
4/ "And now the Russian Ministry of Defence has responded to the situation: it will now officially ban the transfer of service members from the Unmanned Systems Troops to other units without their consent. Coercion is ruled out, and the ban will take effect by the end of April.
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Russian Commanders Misuse Skilled Personnel as Assault Unit Punishment
2/ 'Rybar' reports: "On the front lines, some commanders sometimes mismanaged the personnel entrusted to them, sending drone operators, engineers, and medics to assault units for the slightest infraction."
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Russia Bans Forced Deployment of Drone Operators to Assault Units
1/ The Russian Ministry of Defence has announced that it will not allow drone operators to be sent to assault units without their consent, in a bid to prevent them being sent to their deaths as a punishment. However, a Russian warblogger warns this will be hard to enforce.
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Prime Border Guard combat operations
❗️Combat operations by the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Border Guard unit ‘Prime’ targeting 🇷🇺Russian equipment, infantry, and UAV crews pic.twitter.com/z0P9KGBHf4
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 27 avril 2026Combat operations by the Ukrainian Border Guard unit ‘Prime’ targeting Russian equipment, infantry, and UAV crews
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RAM-2 Drone Strikes Russian Kasta-2E Radar in Belgorod Region
RAM-2 loitering munition strike on a Russian "Kasta-2E" radar system in Belgorod region. 75-80km from the frontline. https://t.co/6m1aPn3je1 pic.twitter.com/EzHVvJ44v3
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) 27 avril 2026RAM-2 loitering munition strike on a Russian "Kasta-2E" radar system in Belgorod region. 75-80km from the frontline.
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Stolen Ukrainian Wheat Ship Risks Israel-Ukraine Diplomatic Crisis
" A senior Ukrainian diplomatic source has told me that if the Panormitis, carrying wheat stolen from the occupied Ukrainian territories, enters the port of Haifa and unloads its cargo, this will lead to a crisis in relations between Ukraine and Israel “If this ship and