Putin: 150 thousand people are at military training grounds, this is a sufficient reserve for conducting an operationCurrently, 150 thousand mobilized are being trained, this is a sufficient reserve for conducting a special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 21 at an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"As you know, 300 thousand people are called up to the ranks of the armed forces. Some of them are already in the combat zone. According to the Minister of Defense, the chief of the General Staff, 150 thousand people are being trained at military training grounds, and this is a sufficient reserve for conducting an operation," Putin said.
In turn, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that more than 20 thousand volunteers arrived in the troops, who did not wait for summonses.
Shoigu also noted that more than 830 thousand citizens working at enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) and in other socially significant areas were released from mobilization.
At the same time, he admitted that the mobilization system was not fully adapted to the new economic relations, and with its beginning, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation faced certain difficulties.
"All the shortcomings had to be corrected on the go," Shoigu pointed out.
On the eve of Putin created a working group of authorities and organizations on the mobilization and social support of participants in the special operation.
As reported, the working group on mobilization training will work on improving legal regulation in this area. She will also deal with proposals for the creation and storage of mobilization capacities, products for the armed forces.
On December 9, Putin, answering questions following the results of the EAEU summit, said that there are no factors for the resumption of partial mobilization today . The day before, he said that talking about "additional" partial mobilization in the country is meaningless .
The head of state announced the beginning of partial mobilization in Russia on September 21. On October 31, it was reported that it was completed. At the same time, on November 1, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov clarified that a separate decree on the end of the draft within the framework of partial mobilization was not needed.
The special operation to protect Donbass, which the Russian leader announced on February 24, continues. The decision to hold it was made, among other things, against the background of the aggravated situation in the region due to the increased shelling by the Ukrainian military.
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