Russia admits that 5 conscripts died in Ukraine
IRYNA BALACHUK — THURSDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2022, 10:56
At least five conscripts from Russia’s Chelyabinsk Oblast are confirmed to have died in the war in Ukraine.
Source: regional outlet 74.RU, citing the press service of the governor; government of Chelyabinsk Oblast
Quote by the governor's press service: "The military enlistment office has confirmed the information about the death of five residents of Ural’s south, conscripted from the Korkino military enlistment office."
Details: The press service added that the families of the dead occupiers will be provided with all the necessary assistance.
In particular, they are promised to pay 1 million rubles (US$15,500) each.
The outlet notes that the first mobilisation measures took place in Korkino in late September.
Background:
- On 21 September, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the partial conscription of fellow Russians. Citizens of Russia began to flee the country en masse. It was reported that less than two weeks after the announcement of the "partial" mobilisation, about 700,000 people left Russia.
- British Intelligence assumed that Russia would have organisational difficulties in providing everything necessary for the training of the mobilised; these people could be sent to front lines after minimal training.
- Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would kill all enemies, no matter how many of them there were; that was his response to the announcement of partial conscription in the Russian Federation.
- On 28 September, it became known that the first groups of conscripted reservists arrived at the front in Ukraine.
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