The authorities of the Leningrad region of Russia canceled 100 mobilization orders, the press service of the regional government reported, Russian state media RIA Novosti reported on Monday.

Mobilization from Russia – Russian men are drafted into the military commissariatPhoto: Pavlo Lviv / Sputnik / Profimedia

“A total of 100 decisions on mobilization measures were canceled in the Leningrad region. Of them, 76 – due to age, 1 – due to the presence of minor children, 2 – due to the need to care for disabled relatives, 11 – due to limited physical capacity,” the press service reports , cited by RIA.

By order of President Vladimir Putin, Russia has been partially mobilized since September 21.

On Sunday, two senior Russian lawmakers said that the mobilization should be carried out “in accordance with the law”, after reports of “erroneous cases of citizen mobilization”.

Thousands of Russians drafted into Ukraine have been sent home after being deemed unfit for war, the latest setback for President Vladimir Putin to bring in 300,000 troops, Al Jazeera reported.

Mykhailo Degtyarev, the governor of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia’s Far East, said that over the course of 10 days, several thousand men reported for military service, but many of them did not meet the requirements.

“About half of them returned home because they did not meet the selection criteria for military service,” Degtyarev said in a video post on the Telegram messenger.

The military commissar of St. Petersburg corrected the number of conscripts that the military administration mobilized in the city, saying that in fact it is 10 times less than originally announced, reports Meduza.

Colonel Ilfat Abzalov initially said that 80,000 registration orders had been issued to citizens of Russia’s second-largest city. Then he returned and told the TASS agency that there were only 8,000 of them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for “mistakes to be corrected” in Russia’s ongoing mobilization for its offensive in Ukraine, as discontent grows over the often chaotic convocation of new recruits, AFP reported.

Mass media and Russians in social networks report cases of mobilization of elderly people, students, patients or conscripts without military experience. The mobilization also caused demonstrations and the flight of thousands of people abroad.

“This mobilization raises many questions. It is necessary to correct all mistakes and make sure that they are not repeated,” Putin reprimanded during a video conference with the Security Council, which was broadcast on Russian television.