A Russian military truck drives past an unexploded munition during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Russia-controlled village of Chornobaivka, Ukraine July 26, 2022. (REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko)
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education also announced plans last month for a "military training basics" program at colleges.
"The initiatives highlight the increasingly mila in wartime Russia, as well as being a (likely deliberate) evocation of the Soviet Union: similar training was mandatory in schools up to 1993," the UK Ministry of Defense said.
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Russian Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov told the state-run news agency TASS that the curriculum would start being tested in January ahead of the full rollout next school year.
Russian self-propelled artillery vehicles roll during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, May 9. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists in September amid heavy losses from its invasion of Ukraine.
Russian officials are also mulling increasing the age for routine military conscription from 27 to 30 in an effort to bolster the country's fighting force, according the UK Ministry of Defense.