Mobilization of the people of Russia! Putin is going to call up to a million people to the war in Ukraine – Topky.sk

In a televised address to the nation on Wednesday, Putin said military service would only apply to “citizens who are currently in reserve, primarily those who have served in the armed forces, have certain military occupations and relevant experience”. Shortly after Putin’s announcement, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that as part of the mobilization, which will apply to citizens “with previous military experience”, 300,000 Russians will be drafted, The Guardian recalls. Archive video: Kostanay border crossing between Russia and Kazakhstan: Russians flee from Putin’s mobilization “These are not people who have never seen or heard anything about the army,” Shoigu said, adding that the mobilization will not affect students or newly recruited conscripts. However, Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian daily currently operating in exile, quoted an unnamed Putin government official as saying that up to a million Russians are actually expected to be drafted into the army. The source went on to tell the newspaper that the secret seventh article of the decree, which Putin signed on Wednesday, allows the Russian Ministry of Defense to call up such a number of people. “The number was adjusted several times, and in the end they agreed on one million,” The Guardian quoted a source as saying. Kremlin denied reports of call-up of one million reservists Moscow denied media reports on Thursday that President Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilization decree calls for the call-up of up to one million reservists, British news station Sky News reported. Photo gallery (2) Vladimir Putin
Source: SITA/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Decree includes more than just partial conscription The partial mobilization decree signed by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin could actually have a broader scope than he announced in his speech. This was stated by several legal experts and political scientists for the CNN station on Thursday. Although the decree itself describes the mobilization as partial, according to Russian political scientist Ekaterina Šulmanová, it does not define any precise criteria. “The fact that partial mobilization applies only to citizens in reserve or those who have the necessary experience was only stated in the speech, not in the decree”. Russian lawyer Pavel Čikov, who focuses mainly on the field of human rights, declared on Telegram that “the decree allows mobilization in the broadest sense of the word”. “The decision is within the competence of the (Russian) Ministry of Defense, which will determine who will go to war, from where and in what number,” Čikov pointed out.