Putin expressed the opinion that after the death of the military in Makeyevka on January 1, the whole of Russia is experiencing The whole of Russia is worried about the death of mobilized servicemen in Makeyevka on January 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Governor of the Samara region Dmitry Azarov.
The head of the region, in a report to Putin, said that this incident "was a heavy blow" for the entire region. Azarov also reported on measures to support the wounded and the families of the victims.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the tragic death of the Russian military in Makeyevka (DPR) on January 1 shocked the whole of Russia. He said this during a meeting with the governor of the Samara region Dmitry Azarov, reports TASS.
In his report, the official highlighted the tragedy, saying that "it was a heavy blow and a test" for the entire Samara region.
In addition, Azarov told the president about the actions of the regional authorities after the incident. Already on January 2, a regional headquarters was created, on January 3, the procedure for interaction with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was established. On January 4, Azarov and Deputy Defense Minister Viktor Goremykin went to Rostov-on-Don, visiting the surviving wounded soldiers in hospitals.
"We also reached Makeyevka, because some of the servicemen were stationed in city hospitals. We talked to people. We agreed that it was their desire to undergo treatment on Samara land, in the Samara military hospital," the governor noted.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that on January 1, 2023, 89 Russian servicemen were killed as a result of a missile strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a temporary deployment point in Makeyevka. Most of them were mobilized from the Samara region.
The military department said that the death of the military was facilitated by the fact that soldiers began to call relatives and friends en masse on New Year's Eve. The military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "calculated the location of the Samaritans by increased cellular activity" and hit HIMARS from the MLRS, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation added.
The regional authorities have taken a number of support measures for the families of the wounded and dead fighters - in addition to a one-time payment of 1.3 million rubles for the families of those who died, they will charge additional payments to the pension, compensate for spending on rental housing or its maintenance, half of the fuel costs, provide psychological and legal assistance free of charge.
It was not without bureaucratic red tape - the publication 63.RU It was reported on February 25 that a mobilized corporal who came under fire in Makeyevka on January 1 could not receive help from the region due to the lack of a certificate of injury from the Rostov hospital.
"After the shelling in Makeyevka, Nikolai had headaches, dizziness and tinnitus, he began to hear worse. In the documents they wrote to him "asthenic condition, situationally conditioned. Because of this, Semenov was declared unfit for military service for 30 days," the article says.
At the meeting with Putin, Governor Azarov also spoke about the state of affairs at the main enterprise of the region - AvtoVAZ, and said that he intends to run for a new term in the upcoming gubernatorial elections.
Peter Nikolaev