President of Russia, Vladimir Putinannounced this Wednesday a full “partial mobilization” of the population war in ukraineRussian forces have suffered several setbacks in recent weeks after a series of counterattacks by Ukrainian troops.
The President announced that activities related to this mobilization will begin this Wednesday, emphasizing the following: only backups, mostly experienced onesIt will be called, as reported by the Russian news agency TASS.
Statement from Putin morning talk After its announcement, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, it was delayed several times for unclear reasons. On Tuesday, the chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, said that speculation about the general mobilization was “absolutely unjustified”. “There will be no general mobilization”He told the newspaper ‘Parlamenttaya Gazeta’.
A few hours ago, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament approved a series of amendments to the Criminal Code. aggravated prison sentences for acts committed during the war, including surrender, desertion, and plunder. Project with concepts “mobilization”, “martial law” and “wartime”The law, not previously mentioned in the Russian Criminal Code, will be reviewed this Wednesday for approval by the Federation Council — the Upper House — and sent to the president for approval.