٠٠:٠٣:٢٠Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that mistakes made during partial mobilisation to be corrected, with citizens conscripted against established rules be returned home, while speaking at a meeting of Russian Security Council members on Thursday.
"There are also cases where, for example, doctors and highly qualified specialists in other professions, and with many years of experience, are enlisted in motor-rifle units, instead of serving where they are really needed. <…> Why? And at the same time, volunteers who go to military enlistment offices themselves, and there are many such men, are turned away. <…> All of this should be dealt with without fuss, calmly, but quickly, in detail and thoroughly," he said.
The Russian president also mentioned cases where citizens eligible for deferment received mobilisation papers, such as fathers with many children, as well as those with chronic illnesses or citizens over the age required for service.
"We need to deal with each case separately, and if a mistake has been made - I repeat - it must be corrected, and those who have been drafted without proper grounds must be sent home," stated Putin.
He also expressed highlighted concerns he’d seen: "In the course of mobilisation we receive a lot of information from citizens about the organisation of conscription, the quality of supplies, the living conditions and other issues."
"I have instructed the conscription commissions, headed by the regional governors, to include prosecutors of the relevant levels. I ask the Prosecutor General to respond promptly to every event. In a number of regions, working groups have been set up at military enlistment offices to provide citizens with the necessary assistance," said Putin.
He announced the partial military mobilisation of 300,000 reservists during his address to the nation on September 21, saying they were to protect Russian sovereign territory, and those regions holding referenda on joining the federation.
The election commissions of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR), as well as those in Zaporozhye and Kherson announced this week that all four had voted overwhelmingly to join Russia.
Ukraine and its Western allies condemned those votes as a 'sham', while President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to continue the fight, accusing Russia of trying to 'steal' his territory.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Russia: We need to bring back home those drafted without proper justification - Putin on partial mobilisation
Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that mistakes made during partial mobilisation to be corrected, with citizens conscripted against established rules be returned home, while speaking at a meeting of Russian Security Council members on Thursday.
"There are also cases where, for example, doctors and highly qualified specialists in other professions, and with many years of experience, are enlisted in motor-rifle units, instead of serving where they are really needed. <…> Why? And at the same time, volunteers who go to military enlistment offices themselves, and there are many such men, are turned away. <…> All of this should be dealt with without fuss, calmly, but quickly, in detail and thoroughly," he said.
The Russian president also mentioned cases where citizens eligible for deferment received mobilisation papers, such as fathers with many children, as well as those with chronic illnesses or citizens over the age required for service.
"We need to deal with each case separately, and if a mistake has been made - I repeat - it must be corrected, and those who have been drafted without proper grounds must be sent home," stated Putin.
He also expressed highlighted concerns he’d seen: "In the course of mobilisation we receive a lot of information from citizens about the organisation of conscription, the quality of supplies, the living conditions and other issues."
"I have instructed the conscription commissions, headed by the regional governors, to include prosecutors of the relevant levels. I ask the Prosecutor General to respond promptly to every event. In a number of regions, working groups have been set up at military enlistment offices to provide citizens with the necessary assistance," said Putin.
He announced the partial military mobilisation of 300,000 reservists during his address to the nation on September 21, saying they were to protect Russian sovereign territory, and those regions holding referenda on joining the federation.
The election commissions of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR), as well as those in Zaporozhye and Kherson announced this week that all four had voted overwhelmingly to join Russia.
Ukraine and its Western allies condemned those votes as a 'sham', while President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to continue the fight, accusing Russia of trying to 'steal' his territory.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that mistakes made during partial mobilisation to be corrected, with citizens conscripted against established rules be returned home, while speaking at a meeting of Russian Security Council members on Thursday.
"There are also cases where, for example, doctors and highly qualified specialists in other professions, and with many years of experience, are enlisted in motor-rifle units, instead of serving where they are really needed. <…> Why? And at the same time, volunteers who go to military enlistment offices themselves, and there are many such men, are turned away. <…> All of this should be dealt with without fuss, calmly, but quickly, in detail and thoroughly," he said.
The Russian president also mentioned cases where citizens eligible for deferment received mobilisation papers, such as fathers with many children, as well as those with chronic illnesses or citizens over the age required for service.
"We need to deal with each case separately, and if a mistake has been made - I repeat - it must be corrected, and those who have been drafted without proper grounds must be sent home," stated Putin.
He also expressed highlighted concerns he’d seen: "In the course of mobilisation we receive a lot of information from citizens about the organisation of conscription, the quality of supplies, the living conditions and other issues."
"I have instructed the conscription commissions, headed by the regional governors, to include prosecutors of the relevant levels. I ask the Prosecutor General to respond promptly to every event. In a number of regions, working groups have been set up at military enlistment offices to provide citizens with the necessary assistance," said Putin.
He announced the partial military mobilisation of 300,000 reservists during his address to the nation on September 21, saying they were to protect Russian sovereign territory, and those regions holding referenda on joining the federation.
The election commissions of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR), as well as those in Zaporozhye and Kherson announced this week that all four had voted overwhelmingly to join Russia.
Ukraine and its Western allies condemned those votes as a 'sham', while President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to continue the fight, accusing Russia of trying to 'steal' his territory.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.