Peskov called inevitable delays in payments to military personnel due to the scale of the SVO

Some examples of delays in payments to participants in a special military operation are inevitable, said the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov. At the same time, according to him, the Ministry of Defense and other departments have done a “gigantic job”, “the system has been largely established.”

Journalists asked Dmitry Peskov to comment on complaints from SVO participants about delays in payments. “Many people are involved, the scale of the special military operation is large, and some rough edges are inevitable; the whole system cannot work without some overlaps,” the Kremlin representative responded (quoted from “Interfax”).

Dmitry Peskov added that Russian President Vladimir Putin asks to provide specific data, “names, surnames” in order to “eliminate imbalances.” “Conversations with the Minister of Defense take place several times a day,” the press secretary noted.

At a meeting between Vladimir Putin and residents of Anadyr, one of the SVO participants said that he received the due payment with a delay of four to five months, and some of his colleagues have not received payments for injuries since February 2023. The president explained what was happening as a “bureaucratic failure” and promised to instruct the Ministry of Defense to analyze each specific case.

On meeting with the families of fallen servicemen in Novo-Ogarevo on January 7, Vladimir Putin was also informed about problems with payments. The meeting participants said that six months after the death of a family member, the SVO received only regional payments. Mister Putin promised discuss these issues with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense.

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Lusine Balasyan