The former head of Roscosmos, Zaporozhye Senator Dmitry Rogozin, in a conversation with socialbites.ca, called on the head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, to be more respectful of the SVO participants, noting that the deputy was wrong in attributing his injury in Donetsk to the use of the phone.
“I don’t know where you got it from. Maybe it’s OBS (“a grandmother said.” – socialbites.ca). He shouldn’t have talked about it. The enemy was deliberately hunting me, I knew it. We didn’t use phones at all that day. We were at the front near Marinka in the 11th BAR, then returned to the temporary area with the commander. Seven high-precision shells fired by the American mortar 777 came, two of which did not explode, falling literally 12 meters away at my feet.
He said that as a result of the attack, he suffered a wound in his right shoulder, a fragment of which pierced it and became lodged in his 5th cervical vertebra. Rogozin stressed that Kartapolov casually reminded him of this tragedy and defended the bill banning military devices, although he understood its harmfulness.
On July 23, the State Duma Defense Committee approved amendments that make it a disciplinary offense for military personnel to wear electronic devices while on duty. The amendments prohibit military personnel from accessing devices that can transmit location data and distribute audio, video and photos. in the name There was a negative reaction from officers and bloggers. Critics of the project, including Rogozin, noted the important role of the same smartphone in the front, for example, in controlling UAVs.
Kartapolov speaks to socialbites.ca explainedThe project does not concern devices necessary to perform combat missions. He emphasized that the changes are designed to protect the military and cited as an example the injury of Rogozin, which, in his opinion, occurred due to the use of a smartphone.
They spoke in the State Duma earlier against Changes that ban smartphones on the front.
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Source: Gazeta
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