Go to the media bankThe Liberators' Arch on Victory Square in Melitopol. Archival photoMELITOPOL, Sept. 26 The son of the head of the administration of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky — Alexander Balitsky joined the volunteer battalion named after Pavel Sudoplatov, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. This unit, in which residents of the Zaporozhye region are accepted for service, has just begun its formation and has not yet been involved in combat work. Immediately after signing the application for joining the unit at the battalion headquarters, the recruit went to the barracks. There, he will be assigned a position according to his military specialty and skills. As the head of the region Yevgeny Balitsky himself said earlier, there are no plans for conscription or mobilization in the region for the transition period, however, local men can, at the behest of their hearts, join volunteer formations to protect their land. All uniforms and equipment will be issued to the fighters at the expense of the regional administration.
