The head of the mobilization department of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Evgeny Burdinsky revealed the details of the process of mobilization in Russia and the formation of new units. His report was published in the magazine of the Ministry of Defense, but it was soon deleted. The report remained in the web archive.
Highlights from the report:
- Of the mobilized formed 280 new units.
- The Russian army is experiencing problems with "the unpreparedness of part of society to perform military duties" and blames it on "the information pressure of the online blogging community."
- Burdinsky also admitted that the RF Armed Forces have a problem with the provision of weapons and equipment, and state corporations and private companies help with the supply of equipment.
- The Ministry of Defense began to involve employees of security companies in the war.
- The military registration and enlistment offices also collected a database of 31.6 million people, 2.9 million of them are people of military age. The authorities also collect up-to-date mobile phone numbers and email addresses of those liable for military service.
- The government's reserve fund allocated 5 billion rubles to "stimulate" military registration and enlistment office employees to work hard on mobilization and conscription.
- In 2023, the General Staff plans to create a new combined arms and air army, one army corps, five divisions, 26 brigades, and also form the Azov Naval Region, I am writing Important Stories.
- In 2023, military registration and enlistment offices will conduct organized raids on recruits together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Draft evasion in Russia has become even more difficult due to new rules on electronic subpoenas, which will affect not only conscripts, but also reservists. At the same time, the system cannot cope with those already mobilized: complaints about the lack of training, uniforms and the complete incompetence of the commanders do not stop. Earlier, The Insider spoke to the Russian military and their relatives and found out what the “training” of recruits is, how they are thrown into suicide assaults, forgotten in the forests and left to wait for teams without food and medical care.