Conscripts from the Irkutsk region reported that they are being prepared for deployment to the Ukrainian border.
About it сообщил The "People of Baikal" project, citing a relative of one of the servicemen who was drafted into the army in the spring.
According to her, the team of Irkutsk conscripts is currently in military units Sverdlovsk region и Altai Krai. The commanders allegedly already told them that after completing a three-month training course for young fighters, everyone would go to the border territories in Kursk и Belgorod region — to replace the autumn conscripts who are digging trenches there.
On the day the fighting in the Kursk region began, "Not Moscow" saidthat the authorities are planning to recruit conscripts to guard the border. In particular, the family of a conscript from Leningrad region sent human rights activists a list of what they needed to buy at their own expense: uniforms, combat boots, tactical gloves, a multi-tool, as well as clothing and hygiene products.
According to the publication "Verstka", at the time of the start of fighting in the border areas of the Kursk region, were from several dozen to several hundred conscripts. Some of them have fallen captured, footage of their interrogation was posted on the Internet.
After the start of the "SVO," Vladimir Putin made no promises to involve conscripts in combat operations. However, according to independent media estimates, over two years in the combat zone perished at least 159 conscripts (and this is only data from open sources).
The wives of mobilized servicemen spoke out against the idea of conscripts being drafted into combat: they Launched The #conscriptschildren flashmob aims to stop silencing the issue and "bring home the young men who were forcibly sent to the border."
Photo: Kursk Anomaly