The Kremlin chief inspects the training of the mobilized in a military base in the Ryazan region
After Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law on Wednesday in the Ukrainian territories annexed last month, Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya, he went to the training camp of Russia’s Western Military District, located in the Ryazan region, on Thursday. southeast of Moscow, to check the training of the mobilized before they are sent to Ukraine to fight.
According to the Russian agency Interfax, Putin has listened to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s report, which details the details of combat training for mobilized civilians in various military specialties and the coordination problems facing army units.
Later, according to images broadcast by Russian television channels, the top Russian leader inspected the development of “practical exercises in tactical, fire, technical and medical training”. In particular, Putin was shown the training of paratroopers, preparation to face a simulated enemy in close combat, and attacks on armored vehicles.
He also attended target practice with various weapons, spoke to the soldiers who were undergoing training to refine his target, and he picked up a rifle himself, donned a helmet, lay down on the ground and fired several rounds at a target. It is the first time that the head of state visits the mobilized.
Putin on December 21 ordered the “partial mobilization” of reservists, who, according to Shoigu, plan to mobilize 300,000 people. He then announced on October 14 at a press conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, that “all mobilization activities will be completed within the next two weeks”.
He specified that “222,000 people have already been mobilized.” The truth is that the forced recruitment of so-called reservists, since there have been reported cases of people sent to the front who never fought and who have no military experience, has caused a mass exodus of Russians abroad.
A week ago, the Kremlin chief assured that “33,000 mobilized units are already in the units, carrying out 16,000 combat missions.” He pointed out that “the initial training of the mobilized takes 5 to 10 days and then 5 to 15 days in the barracks of destination.”
Source: La Verdad
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