Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that he’d signed a decree on partial mobilization in the country.
“In this situation, I consider it necessary to take the following decisions, they are fully adequate to the threats we face. Namely: to protect our Motherland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, to ensure the security of our people and people in the liberated territories, I consider it necessary to support the proposal of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff on conducting partial mobilization in the Russian Federation,” Putin said, addressing Russians.
He said that measures on mobilization will begin on Wednesday, noting that only reservists will be subject to conscription – first, those who have relevant experience and military professions.
He also noted that citizens who join the army during the mobilization will get the status and social guarantees of the military’s contracted servicemen. At the same time, the Kremlin noted that military service contracts will be extended until the end of mobilization.
In his address to the nation, president Putin previously explained the situation regarding the special military operation in Ukraine. He stressed that the main goal of the Russian special operation in Ukraine remains liberation of Donbass.
The president said that Russia will support the result of the referendums, which will take place in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
“The parliaments of the people’s republics of Donbass, as well as the military-civilian administrations of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, have decided to hold referendums on the future of these territories and have turned to us, Russia, with a request to support such a step. I stress that we will do everything to provide safe conditions for referendums to be held so that people can express their will,” Putin said.
He stressed that people in Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as in the liberated territories of Ukraine, don’t want to be oppressed by the Ukrainian Neo-Nazi regime, as they have witnessed atrocities by Kiev’s troops.
Putin said that the current conflict was instigated by the West, noting that the Western countries seek the destruction and disintegration of Russia.
Source: Agencies (editted by Al-Manar English Website)
