The General Staff of the Russian Federation promised not to send conscripts to new regions and the zone of military operation

Conscripts of the autumn draft will not be sent to the Donetsk, Lugansk People’s Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, said the head of the main organizational and mobilization department of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Burdinsky. According to him, they will also not be involved in a special military operation in Ukraine.

“I note that citizens called up for military service will not be sent to military units on the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, and will not be involved in a special military operation in Ukraine,” he said. Mr. Burdinsky newspaper “A red star”. He said that since October, the dismissal of conscripts whose term of service has expired has been carried out. As of October 31, 19.5 thousand people were sent to their places of residence.

Mr. Burdinsky recalled that in connection with the partial mobilization in Russia, the autumn conscription was postponed for a month – from October 1 to November 1. It is planned to call on 120 thousand people, which is 7.5 thousand less than in the same period in 2021.

Partial mobilization was carried out in Russia from September 21 to October 28. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 300 thousand people were drafted into the army.

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Leonid Uvarchev