Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he had signed a decree making “corrections” to the partial mobilization process announced on September 21, Reuters reported.
Speaking at a meeting with teachers broadcast on state television, Putin said the decree would delay the recruitment of additional categories of students, including those studying at accredited private universities and some graduate students.
“Righting of wrongs” occurs as dissatisfaction grows with the often chaotic convocation of new recruits.
Mass media and Russians in social networks report cases of mobilization of elderly people, students, patients or conscripts without military experience. The mobilization also sparked demonstrations and the flight of thousands 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.
The President touched upon the challenge of the heads of large families, the seriously ill and the elderly, who must be released by law.
“If a mistake was made, it should be corrected, and those who were summoned without good reasons should be returned home,” Putin said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has already admitted that “mistakes” were made during the mobilization, which was supposed to involve 300,000 reservists with military experience or useful skills, such as truck drivers.
Russians are fleeing the country
More than 200,000 people have left Russia for Georgia, Kazakhstan and the European Union since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an immediate “partial mobilization” of Russian citizens on September 21, according to official figures from several countries, CNN reported on September 29.
About 100,000 Russians crossed into Kazakhstan last week, Marat Kozheev, Kazakhstan’s deputy interior minister, said last Wednesday, according to state-run Kazinform news agency.
According to data released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, at least 53,136 people crossed the border between Russia and Georgia from September 21 to 26.
Some 66,000 Russian citizens entered the European Union in the last week (September 19-25) – an increase of more than 30% compared to the previous week, the European border police and coastguard agency Frontex said on Tuesday.
They are sent to the front without training and equipment
In recent days, numerous videos have appeared on social media showing that the mobilization that Vladimir Putin ordered last Wednesday is proceeding in a chaotic manner, with some videos showing heavily intoxicated Russian recruits heading to training centers going viral in social networks.
“There are people over 50 who have health problems,” said George Barros of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). This observation was confirmed by numerous stories and videos posted on social media.
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Reservists must be trained and equipped before going to war, Barros explained. However, many will now undergo only one or two months of training, which is far from enough.
Source: Hot News RU
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