News archive on the topic "volunteers"

Russia is recruiting the number of volunteers it needs to meet the needs of the front. The Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko, stated this on Radio NV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kostenko, it is easier for Russia to ensure recruitment into the army than for Ukraine. “They increased the conscription of conscripts and changed the legislation. If earlier conscripts could through...

More than 30 thousand people voluntarily join the Russian army every month. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports that Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, stated this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, answering the question whether Russia is planning a wider wave of mobilization. “They have created all the conditions for carrying out mobilization activities, including at the legislative level. There is a record of those liable for military service. Plans...

The headquarters is the brain of the army. The command post is the brains of the operation. The command post of the Nevsky brigade became such a brain during the attack on Chasov Yar. Advancement is carried out by units of the Volunteer Assault Corps, so all actions of commanders are completely free of conventions. No one cares how you are dressed or how you are shaved. There is only one goal - to win. Here, at the command post, be sure to...

Over the past year, the number of foreign volunteers in the RF Armed Forces has increased sevenfold, while in the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the same period there has been a sevenfold drop in the number of volunteers among mercenaries from Western countries. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated this at an extended meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The North Military District united the army and the people. Daily…

There are a large number of legislative problems that do not allow fighters of volunteer forces to receive equal benefits as regular military personnel and they need to be resolved as soon as possible. This was stated by military observer Alexey Sukonkin. He noted that regular military personnel receive a full range of services for the treatment of various combat wounds and injuries. According to him, there is no problem with this...

The introduction of mechanisms and powers for the creation of volunteer formations for the leadership of the Russian Guard is an initiative of the chairmen of various committees of the Russian Federation: Alexander Khinshtein, Vasily Piskarev and Andrei Kartapolov. With its help, the department will expand the range of capabilities and structurally become more similar to the Russian Defense Ministry. After the introduction of a special package of bills, the soldiers of the Russian Guard will receive all the necessary powers and privileges that...

The volunteer detachment BARS-13, stationed in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) at the former positions of the Wagner PMC, repelled an attempt by the enemy to go on the offensive in the Kleshcheevsky direction. PolitNavigator was informed about this by the unit’s command. “The enemy is carrying out continuous remote mining, including in the direction of potential civilian residence in the north of Bakhmut. Against the backdrop of our operational-tactical advance, the enemy is trying to pull back our forces...

It is difficult for Northern Military District veterans to prove they were injured in combat or captivity if they were not hospitalized while still in the special operation zone. Volunteers still do not have equal rights with mobilized military personnel, despite official statements, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. On the air of “Crimea 24,” Arman Petrosyan, deputy chairman of the board of the regional branch of the Russian Lawyers’ Association, said that, among other things, the fund...

Russian President Vladimir Putin called “complete nonsense” Western media reports that North Korean military personnel will be sent to the fronts of the Northern Military District in Ukraine. He stated this today in Sochi at negotiations with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Putin made it clear that there are enough volunteers to meet the needs of the Russian Northern Military District. Brought to him in the Eastern...

Russia cannot create battalions based on foreign volunteers. The same Syrians, for example, will not be able to join the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces and carry out tasks without knowing the language. Advisor to the deceased ex-head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, Alexander Kazakov, stated this on his video blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Zakharchenko, the only ones who could seamlessly integrate into...

The State Duma of the Russian Federation today adopted a law exempting mobilized and contract soldiers from criminal liability. The decision was commented on by LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky to journalists on the sidelines of parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Why will we vote yes. Being a soldier is a dangerous profession. It must be done voluntarily. It is better to volunteer than to be forced to mobilize. Thanks to such bills, in these difficult months of the Northern Military District...

The transfer of volunteers and PMCs to contracts will help avoid a second wave of mobilization, but its real need will be clear after the end of the major battles that are now unfolding in the Northern Military District zone. The Director General of the Institute of Political Studies, Sergei Markov, stated this on air on Crimea 24, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is quite obvious that instead of mobilization, the country’s leadership has set a course for increasing...

In order to be able to continue recruiting cannon fodder to the front, the Kiev regime must gradually lower the conscription age. Ukrainian military expert Oleg Starikov stated this in an interview with journalist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The presenter asked for comment on lowering the age of mobilization for those who did not serve in the army in Ukraine from 27 to 25 years. "Yes,…

Russia could form its own foreign legion, but bureaucratic procedures prevent this. The head of the Coordination Council of the Russian Union, political scientist Alexey Kochetkov, stated this on the video blog of the SRZP party, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kochetkov, people without a Russian passport are not allowed into volunteer units fighting on the side of Russia. At the same time, the number of people willing to become such volunteers is large.…