Shoigu approved the procedure for providing weapons and equipment for volunteers

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu approved an order according to which the provision of volunteer formations will proceed in the manner “established for military formations of the armed forces.” Draft document agency prepared by the end of January 2022.

According to the order, volunteers will receive uniforms and other property in military units at the place of registration, small arms will be secured under a personal signature. The document establishes that inventory property does not become the personal property of volunteers.

“Items of inventory clothing property in the personal property of citizens staying in volunteer formations do not pass and are subject to delivery to the clothing warehouse of the military unit-former,” the statement says. order. It also states that the Ministry of Defense will provide medical assistance to volunteers and their evacuation if necessary.

Formation of volunteer units began in Russian regions in the first half of 2022. In April, a detachment named after the ataman of the Black Sea Cossack army Zakhary Chepiga was created in the Kuban, and in St. Petersburg in August the formation of three named volunteer units began. At the end of 2022, President Vladimir Putin appropriated volunteers veteran status.

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Maria Fedotova