Draft offices in Russia’s republic of Tuva have reported fulfilling “partial mobilisation” quotas, Interfax cites local chief enlistment officer.
“We have reached the required quota and are now clarifying personal data of some of our men. Anyone who received a draft card is expected to arrive at the local conscription office,” he said. A total of about 700 men were drafted, TASS cites the local authorities.
Meanwhile, there is an anti-war rally now in Kyzyl, Tuva’s capital. Women are being detained by police in a brutal manner, some are being dragged across the ground and pushed into police vans, Avtozak LIVE reports. Moreover, a woman with a baby in a pram was also detained.
Vladimir Putin announced “partial” mobilisation on 21 September. Defence Minister Shoigu later revealed that 300,000 people would be drafted. Our source then revealed that in fact a total of one million people would be drafted. Putin’s spokesman Peskov denied this.
