About twenty Russian regions were launched Recruiting large numbers of reserve soldiers To defend its vital infrastructure from Ukrainian drone attacks, according to the newspaper Kommersant.
According to the media, the units began to form even before the Russian President signed the law regarding them. Vladimir Putin. The first region to announce the creation of a unit composed of reservists was Leningrad. Later, Kursk, Bryansk, Smolensk, Rostov and others joined it.
At the end of October, Kommersant notes Russian Republic of TatarstanHostile drone attacks on oil infrastructure and drone factories have become frequent for months.
The newspaper points out that although the new law does not stipulate that the matter be limited to precaution Serve your own areaThis condition is included in the standard contract they sign when joining their units.
Putin signed on November 4 The law allowing the creation of contract reserve units to ensure the defense of the country’s critical infrastructure. Previously, the bill allowing the sending of reservists who sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense to perform vital defense infrastructure tasks was approved by both chambers of the Russian Federal Assembly.
Deputy Head of the Organization and Mobilization Department of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Vice Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, He denied that the initiative represents mobilization.
Since the start of the war in February 2022, Russian authorities have only carried out one attack Partial mobilization of 300,000 men of military ageThis decision caused the exile of nearly a million people.
This new measure has been promoted to protect critical infrastructure in the face of the increase in Ukrainian drone attacks, especially against them Russian energy facilitiesThis is a fact recently acknowledged by former Defense Minister and Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu.
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