Yes, This Was Called ...

... NVP (Начальная Военная Подготовка--Initial Military Training) in Soviet schools and yes, we were taken to ranges to shoot live munitions. Apart from studying all kinds of other military shit. Girls were studying tactical medicine and also were allowed to shoot. 

Russian youngsters as young as 12 are now required to participate in drone and firearms training during school hours. This Kremlin initiative is being interpreted as a stark indication that Vladimir Putin remains committed to prolonged military conflict.

And no, it is not a "stark indication"--it is a return to normalcy in the nation whose military history dwarfs anything there is in the world. It is also a return to what many Americans (with the exception of urban metrosexuals) instinctively know--boys need to grow into men and defenders. Here is how it looked like in Soviet times.

All of us went through this. It is a good sign together with the transition from the baloney of Bologna Process in education and discarding all those "degrees" like Bachelor's (equivalent of incomplete higher education) and all other M.S. to the system of concentrated professional higher education in specialties with a strong emphasis on overall culture and STEM bases from public schools. In military of the XXI century (albeit it was true already in 1960s) moreover? Don't trust me, here is the US Army:

Since the 1980s, America’s world ranking in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has declined, placing our once unquestioned supremacy in technological innovation and application on par with or behind those of our economic and military adversaries. A recent warning from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Acquisition and Sustainment Industrial Policy declared the paucity of STEM-educated Americans may lead to a “permanent national security deficit.” The lack of STEM education extends to Army officers. In 2018, the Army Strategy assessed the strategic environment to include partners, allies, and adversaries leveraging “advanced capabilities” such as cyber, counter space, electronic warfare, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI). This assessment has proven true in the Russia-Ukraine War, an artillery-heavy war interwoven with the burgeoning development and implementation of new and evolving technologies that demand innovative thinking, alliances, and strategy informed by STEM+Management (STEM+M)

There is ALREADY "permanent national security deficit", that is why Pentagon, CIA et al have difficulties grasping what is happening. Difficult to make a sense of capabilities when you have majored in English Literature, Journalism or Business from University of Phoenix. That gets us into this funny territory of System of Systems, because nations and their militaries are exactly that.