Russia vows to fix mistakes after old, sick people mobilised
The Hindu
The Vladimir region governor Vladimir Avdeev already said on Saturday that “anyone mobilised by mistake will return home.”
Russian authorities on Sunday promised to fix the mistakes in their troop call-up for Ukraine, after some public outrage over students, older or sick people being mistakenly ordered to report for duty.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation on Wednesday, he said only people with "relevant" skills or military experience would be concerned.
But many expressed outrage after seeing — sometimes absurd — cases of authorities summoning people unfit for service.
Authorities in the southwestern Russian region of Volgograd sent a 63-year-old diabetic ex-military staffer to training camp, despite poor health and cerebral issues.
The 63-year-old came back home Friday night, according to Russian state agency RIA Novosti.
In the same region, 58-year-old school director Alexander Faltin received a call-up order despite having no military experience.
His daughter posted a video on social media that became viral.
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