Following the confusion that marred the partial mobilisation of 300,000 Russians, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasised the need to fix all the errors that were made during that procedure.
In a speech delivered today, Thursday, he emphasised that conscription is mandatory for those with military experience and that it must be severely enforced. He gave the Public Prosecution the go-ahead to investigate the partial mobilisation.
In an apparent effort to stop some individuals who were attempting to leave Russia by land in order to escape being drafted to fight in Ukraine, the Russian government opened extra military recruitment offices concurrently along its borders.
Regional authorities announced on Thursday that a new recruitment office had opened in the Saratov region near the Ozenki checkpoint on Russia’s border with Kazakhstan.
According to the regional administration, a second recruitment centre will soon open at a border crossing in the Astrakhan area, which is also on the border with Kazakhstan.
Temporary recruitment offices were set up earlier this week close to the Torvyanka checkpoint on Russia’s border with Finland and the Verkhny Lars border crossing into Georgia in southern Russia.
Officials from Russia declared that they would issue summonses to eligible men attempting to leave the country.
It is significant that since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week a partial mobilisation of reservists, more than 194,000 Russians have fled to Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Finland, the majority of them by vehicle, bicycle, or foot.
Every guy in Russia who is under 65 years old is immediately qualified to serve in the army reserve.
The enormous flight of males, whether they were travelling alone or with family or friends, started on September 21 after Putin’s address to the nation and continued all week. Even though their rates increased, flights to locations outside of Russia were sold out in a matter of days.
On the routes going to Russia’s borders, there were long lineups of vehicles.
By sending some men back to the border under the guise of mobilisation legislation or by establishing recruiting offices at border checkpoints, Russian authorities have also attempted to stem the flow.
Bus service to Uralsk, a border city in Kazakhstan, was also halted in Samara and Tolyatti, two significant cities in the Samara region. .
Putin: It’s important to fix the errors that came with the partial mobilisation.
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