The partial mobilization of the Russian population, which came as a surprise to many, obviously affected a large number of people completely undeservedly. As the Kremlin has now admitted, nearly 10,000 people have been wrongly drafted into the army since last fall to support the front in Ukraine. However, critics assume significantly higher numbers.
Mass exodus from Russia, insufficient care for conscripts or people with serious health problems: the partial mobilization of the Russian population was accompanied by mass breakdowns and also weakened the reputation of the political leadership at home.
More than 9,000 were sent home
“More than 9,000 illegally mobilized citizens have been returned home – including those who should not have been called up for health reasons,” Attorney General Igor Krasnov said Tuesday during a meeting with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.
However, critical observers believe that during the mobilization ordered by Putin last September, significantly more people were illegally recruited – and may never have returned.
“mass of serious problems”
Especially in the first weeks, chaotic conditions in the district replacement offices were described in many places. A total of 300,000 men were called up to the front across the country. Afterwards, Attorney General Krasnow also testified that his country’s military structures had “a host of serious problems.”
On Tuesday, a video message also circulated on social networks, addressed to Putin by the wives and mothers of mobilized Russians. The women from the Primorye region in the Far East complain, among other things, that their husbands lack equipment and medicines. Moreover, there are no hygiene products, so lice and scabies are rampant.
Source: Krone
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