The men will be sent to the front when they are fully prepared
A day after announcing the mobilization of 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine, Russia begins recruiting them. Thousands of citizens across the country began receiving recruitment papers yesterday and were put on buses this Thursday to receive training, according to the New York Times newspaper. The calls began hours after the Kremlin chief’s speech, at the same time as thousands of other citizens fled the country in one way or another.
“They told me to report to the Rassvet CDC at 4 a.m. and here we are, waiting for the order,” Vitaly, one of the recruits in Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, said in a statement. Southern Siberia. . This man did military service in the Far East ‘a long time ago’, he emphasizes. Now 38 years old with two young children, he fears what lies ahead. According to the Russian media ‘Arigus’, the recruits are not sent to the front until they have acquired the necessary knowledge.
The republic’s military commissioner, Alexander Trubnikov, explains that citizens who have received a summons are required to appear at the meeting point indicated in the letter. On the back are the documents to bring: passport, military ID, toiletries and bank account details to receive the monetary compensation after being sent to a military unit. Then the training continues and “only after full preparation, acquiring certain skills, military personnel will be sent on a combat mission,” Trubnikov concluded.
Despite the obligation to appear by the Commissioner and the Russian government, it seems that the rules do not apply to everyone. At least, that’s what Nikolai Peskov, son of Kremlin spokesman Dmitri, thinks. “As a Peskov, it’s not good for me to be there,” said the 32-year-old, referring to fighting on the front lines. While his words were sincere, the call to recruit him was not. In a video that has gone viral, a blogger has a phone conversation with Nikolai pretending to be an army recruiter.
“A subpoena has been sent to you today,” said Dmitri Nizovtsev, host of ‘Popular Politics’, a YouTube channel set up by members of the circle of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni. “It says a number that you have to call and tomorrow, at 10:00, you have to report to a call center,” he continues live. Young Peskov, pondering for a moment, replies: «Of course I’m not going. You must understand that it is not right for me, as Peskov, to be there».
Source: La Verdad
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