Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia’s Chechnya, has suggested that employees of law enforcement agencies be sent to Ukraine, as per his Telegram channel.
He also noted that “Russia is a big country with abundant resources, including military men.”
“Even if we count out reservists, there are still a great number of people who are in good physical shape and know how to handle a weapon. I mean employees of the Emergency Ministry, Federal Bailiffs Service, the FSB, Federal Protective Service, Foreign Intelligence Service, Federal Penitentiary Service, Federal Customs Service, Prosecutor General’s Office, and the Investigative Committee. Combined with our army and the National Guard, this constitutes about five million people. If we draft half of those men, we would have a 2.5 million army that would be capable of destroying any Western country’s army, so there would be no need in reserves,” he wrote.
Kadyrov also urged leaders of the aforementioned agencies to “optimise their work in the current conditions.” “Honestly, those deserters that queue up in airports now, leaving our country, are pathetic. I tend to think that they are but deadweight for us, and we're going to make it much easier and better without them,” Kadyrov said.
He also compared Russians who avoid mobilisation with draft dodgers during WW2 and said other citizens would rally to Russia’s defence anyway, adding that Russia’s mobilisation is by far more flexible and lenient than Ukraine’s one.
“Please note that our mobilisation is different from Ukraine’s one. There they catch men in the street and force them to be cannon fodder as they say. What we’re doing is simply preparing reserves. The drafted will spend a month or two recalling how manoeuvres and tactics are done, and then we’ll see.”
Kadyrov also urged Russia’s men to “man up.” He announced earlier that he would not mobilise men in Chechnya as the region “surpassed the quota by 254%.”
