Exactly one month has passed since Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization in Russia on September 21st. During this time, the mobilized soldiers were already at the front and some died.
During the first month of mobilization in the war in Ukraine, at least 26 mobilized soldiers died. We are talking about soldiers from different regions of Russia – from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Buryatia and Yakutia. p>At least 30 more people died before reaching the front. For various reasons, such soldiers died in assembly points and military units.
We are talking about suicides and seizures associated with health problems. The most massive case of the death of mobilized people who did not reach the front is considered to be shooting in the military unit of the Belgorod region. According to various sources, from 11 to 32 people died there.
Help. Shooting in the military unit of Belgorod took place on October 15 . Channel 24 sources in the special services reported that the mobilized were in the unit without food and water, and the commanders humiliated them. The situation escalated when the mobilized learned that on October 16 they would be sent to the front. Therefore, they began to rebel and even killed the commanders. After that, punitive detachments were sent to the military unit, which shot the rebels.
Russia immediately sent the mobilized to the front
In addition, the mobilized, who were immediately sent to the front, began to fall into Ukrainian captivity. On October 4, a video with Mikhail Kulikov from the Orenburg region appeared.
The occupier claimed that he received the summons on September 21, and on September 25 he was already in Ukraine. According to him, before the medical examination, he began to look for a way to surrender in order to stay alive.
Another mobilized prisoner, Yegor Chebotarev from the Lipetsk region, said that he was called up on September 22 and shortly after the call part of it was transferred to Svatovo in the Lugansk region.
The mobilized stated that he did not want to fight in Ukraine, but he was forced to go to war under pain of prison. 26 days after the mobilization, he returned from captivity to Russia.
Why Putin announced mobilization in Russia
- On September 21, Putin announced the so-called partial mobilization in Russia, according to which call on 300 thousand Russians. Mobilization in Russia continues to this day.
- Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin did not decide to curtail partial mobilization.
- In recent weeks, raids on those liable for military service have become more frequent in Russia. Anyone who gets caught is taken into the army, even reserved employees of IT companies.
- Putin was forced to announce mobilization due to failures at the front and heavy losses.
- U.S. military counterintelligence special agent in Retired David Debatto believes that Putin was reached out and told that the so-called special operation is a disaster. Also, the Kremlin dictator came under pressure from those who sought to escalate the conflict.
