Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev visited a training ground near the line of contact in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). This was stated by Oleg Osipov, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. TASS.
According to Osipov, Medvedev made his visit on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He pointed out that military personnel hired on a contract basis receive training in the training field.
“Dmitry Medvedev got acquainted with the progress of training and conditions of service of contract soldiers,” said the deputy to the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Before that, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Yuri Shvytkin statedToday, Russian troops need approximately 500 thousand contract soldiers. In his opinion, this is the number of military personnel that will make it possible to successfully complete combat missions at the front.
Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum that approximately 270 thousand people went to contract military service in the last 6-7 months. According to him, 1-1.5 thousand people enter into contracts with the Ministry of Defense every day.
September 8, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Andrei Gurulev statedIt was stated that the rotation of Russians invited to participate in the special operation will not be carried out due to the new mobilization wave.
Previously Medvedev statedThat Ukraine will disappear after the Northeastern Military District.