Russia would be using children to Develop your military drone program destined Ukraine. And, what is more, the program would be carried out by deception to minorswho do not know the purpose of their ‘practices’. So .
An investigation published Tuesday reveals that the ‘Berloga’ program hides its nature. Officiallyit does not have No connection with the war in Ukraineand yes a Purpose ‘playful “under the name of “game platform”.
As it details Insiderthe great participating of the Berloga projectthe journey from the classroom to war begins on a fantastic planet inhabited by “intelligent bears” that must defend themselves against the “bees.” That defense is done through drones, which seek to protect the resource called “energy honey” and repel the attacks of enemies that seek to steal it.
In that ‘adventure’ and others, students They learn to pilot These aircraft now crew Make deliveries in precise coordinateskey procedure to make the ‘filming’ to drones designed to launch bombs against specific objectives in Ukraine. Similarly, with game dynamics, children learn to modify drone design, create flight routes and share code with other players.
He Berloga project He saw the light in July 2022just five months after the start of the invasion of Ukraine. The act took place in Sebastopol, a key city of the busy Crimea. His official name means’Bear den‘, hence the dynamics of the main game.
But what was announced as a “cyber -playing platform” for schoolchildren is actually part of an ecosystem created by the Russian Agency for Strategic Initiativeswhich also covers the NTI Network of Science and Technology Clubs and the Intensive Archipelago Training Course. The latter explicitly mentions the tests of military drones in his program, continues Insider.
The Russian independent environment managed to speak with three teenage finalists. Without being able to give their names, one of them revealed that the ‘contestants’ collaborate with real companies, which present them with problems finding “mass solutions.”
The most capable young people are offered specialized academic courses Financed by these companies and can start practices with them, they continue anonymous confessions.
“During the first year, we helped to train pilot soldiers and attended drone assembly … at the beginning of the special military operation, talent specialists who could teach something were scarce, so The army even recruited young what They attended hobbies and relevant extracurricular courses, “says another participant of the Berloga project in anonymity.
