MOSCOW, Sep 25 Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Vladimir Mineev told that I received a summons from the military registration and enlistment office. «If you think about who watches our fights, who are our fighters? Those who should receive summons. It would be right to remind everyone that our fans and fighters do not forget to look in the mailbox. I received the summons, I’m going to the military enlistment office the other day, ”Match TV quotes the words of a 32-year-old fighter. Mineev also said that he oversees the restoration of sports facilities in Mariupol on behalf of the governor of the Ulyanovsk region Alexei Russkikh. According to the athlete, he was registered in Moscow, but after the death of his brother during a special military operation in Ukraine, he moved with his family to Ulyanovsk, where he grew up and served in the army.
"I'm not going to run. I take a summons and go to the military registration and enlistment office, and there, as the Motherland decides. I fall under the first category, I am a paratrooper — I served a term and a contract. There are few paratroopers left, as I understand,” Mineev added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday addressed the Russians on the situation in the Donbass and the course of the special operation. He stated that Russia would support the results of the referendums in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, and announced partial mobilization in the Russian Federation, calling it a decision that is fully adequate to the current threats.