State Duma deputy Oleg Kolesnikov (“United Russia”) Oleg Kolesnikov submitted a request to be sent to the combat zone, Kommersant writes. He declared that he “must fulfill his duty”. Earlier, four more deputies of the State Duma asked to send them to the front.

“I served in the Soviet army in Poland. I was the commander of a self-propelled artillery installation. I graduated with the rank of military sergeant and now I am a reserve major,” said the 54-year-old deputy, quoted by the party’s press service.

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Union of Donbas Volunteers Oleksandr Borodai also stated that he is also ready to serve the Motherland. Borodai claims that he was “mobilized from the very beginning” of the war: “For seven months, I spent most of the time at the front,” he said.

Earlier, four State Duma deputies asked to send them to the war zone: Dmytro Hubezov, head of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection, Dmytro Sablin, Deputy Head of the Defense Committee, and Vitaly Milonov, Deputy Head of the Family. of the committee and Serhii Sokol, deputy chairman of the committee on economic policy. Also, another request was submitted by the first vice-president of the Legislative Assembly of Novosibirsk Andriy Panfyorov (all – “United Russia”).