The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said that he supported the proposal of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to send «at least one thousand» volunteers from each region to the war with Ukraine. He wrote about this in his telegram channel.
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Starovoit noted that more than 800 volunteers were sent from the Kursk region to various military units, including the Seim logistics battalion, which, according to him According to him, he will be engaged in «the delivery of fuel, food, ammunition and everything necessary.» The governor emphasized that all volunteers are trained before being sent to war.
Kadyrov's initiative was supported by the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov. “All regions are working in this direction. Crimea has already fielded more than 1,200 volunteers and is forming two more battalions. We fully provide them with equipment, means of protection, communications and intelligence,” Aksyonov said.
On September 15, Ramzan Kadyrov suggested that the Russian regions begin “self-mobilization”. “There is no need to wait for the Kremlin to declare martial law, or vice versa, sit back waiting for the end of the NMD in Ukraine <…> I believe that every leader of the region is quite capable of preparing, training and staffing at least one thousand volunteers,” Kadyrov wrote.
Since the beginning of summer, at least 25 regions began to create “nominal” battalions from local residents . Mediazona spoke in detail about how they are advertised by local authorities, and about the difficulties of recruiting people, despite the promised payments.