Russia denied that it is calling up reservists to go fight in Ukraine

Russia denied that it is calling up reservists to go fight in Ukraine

“All these false calls are carried out from the territory of Ukraine, they are absolutely false and represent a provocation of the Ukrainian special services”the general was quoted as saying by the Sputnik news agency.

Konashenkov stressed that “the Russian Defense Ministry does not carry out or plan” to announce any plans for reservists to enlist in the ranks.

On March 9, Moscow recognized for the first time the presence of conscripts on Ukrainian territory and admitted that several of them were captured by Ukrainian forces. He previously claimed that only professional soldiers fought there.

Before this date, the Russian president, Vladimir Putinassured that he would not send recruits or reservists to the country and said that I would only call “professionals” to meet the “established objectives”.

On the other hand, the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoiguconsidered today that the Kremlin must keep pace with supplying troops with advanced weaponry before the development of “special military operation”the name with which Moscow qualifies the invasion that began on February 24.

“Taking into account the conduct of a special military operation, this year it is necessary to maintain the marked pace for the supply of advanced weapons to the troops, including robotic systems, information support and electronic warfare, as well as, of course, as always, logistics,” he said, according to the official TASS agency.

The minister made these remarks at a meeting on the implementation of the state defense orderin what was his first public speaking appearance in nearly two weeks.

Source: Ambito

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