
Part of the residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region on August 9 were forced to military training camps near the border with Ukraine on August 9. This was reported by the Vileste publication with reference to human rights activists and the storehouses themselves.
“They say that we will repair the equipment,” one of the employees of the enterprise in the Leningrad region, who also sent a summons from the military registration and enlistment office, told Vies.
Human rights activists said they received dozens of messages from the "reserves". They say that they are called to the military registration and enlistment office, forced to sign documents and send them to military training in the Belgorod region. They do not require a medical examination and confirm the category of fitness.
The military registration and enlistment office, according to the "Virstki", report that "military training" will last from 56 to 60 days. Those who refuse to participate allegedly "twist" on the spot.
“They select a passport, military ID and send to military units, and from there to the Belgorod region, as we are told, to repair equipment and load shells,” the human rights activists explained. “They don’t even know what status they are in. The age is completely different: 26, 30, 40 years.”
Human rights activists emphasize that the law "On military duty and military service" allows the storerooms to refuse to participate in military training. For this, neither criminal nor administrative responsibility is provided. In some cases, according to the "Virstki" information, employees of the military registration and enlistment office persuade citizens to sign a three -month contract for military service.