Security to be stepped up at Russia’s military enlistment offices in view of "provocations"
UKRAINSKA PRAVDA – WEDNESDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2022, 15:05
Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Minister of Defence, has said that stepping up security at military enlistment offices and "citizens’ assembly points" in order to "prevent provocations" were among the priority tasks of the mobilisation.
Source: a statement by Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu
Quote: "It is necessary to strengthen measures against provocations and illegal actions, and increase protection for [mobilisation] notification sites and points for the reception and assembly of citizens."
Details: Shoigu added that those mobilised will have the status of contract soldiers, and employees of enterprises in the defence industry will be able to defer military service.
Background:
- In an address to Russians on the morning of 21 September, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization of the country's citizens.
- In anticipation of a speech by dictator Vladimir Putin, which did not take place as expected on 20 September, Russian people started to actively search up how to leave the country and how to defer army service.
- Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that 300,000 people would be mobilised into the Russian army.
- Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, described the announcement of partial mobilisation as Putin's plan to "get rid of Russians".
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