Austria’s Foreign Ministry tweeted on Tuesday that Russia’s conscription campaign in occupied territories violates international law. “The conscription campaign in the illegally annexed areas, including the forced conscription of the Crimean Tartars, is another flagrant violation of international law by #Russia,” it said.
“We reiterate our full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” the foreign ministry said. The EU had previously condemned the partial Russian mobilization in the occupied Crimean peninsula and the city of Sevastopol, which began on Tuesday, as another violation of international law. This was announced by the press service of EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday.
“Crimean Tatars target”
“Crimean Tatars are being deliberately and disproportionately attacked in carrying out the Russian mobilization order and are allegedly violently involved in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, their traditional homeland,” it said. Today’s move represents a “further violation of international law by Russia”. As a member of the United Nations and a permanent member of the UN Security Council, “Russia is obliged to ensure the protection of human rights in the Ukrainian territories it has illegally annexed,” warned the European External Action Service.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a decree by Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the partial mobilization of reservists was not necessary, according to the presidential office. The legal department of the presidential administration had reached its final judgment that the partial mobilization was “complete”. When asked whether Putin’s September 21 decree on partial mobilization would remain in effect, he replied: “No.”
Partial mobilization not yet formally completed
According to government information, 300,000 reservists were called up in just over a month and no more were needed. However, the fact that there is no decree to end the partial mobilization could raise public concern that it could be resumed. Putin said Monday he would consult with legal experts on whether a new presidential decree was needed.
“A decree is not necessary,” says Peskov. After the first call-up of reservists since the end of World War II, hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men fled to Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan. Protests broke out against the partial mobilization, with more than 2,000 people arrested. According to British intelligence, the reservists are sent to the front ill-equipped.
Source: Krone
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