Mediazona obtained a video message from a man who was called to serve in the 1st Tank Regiment. He claims that they are going to be sent to the front without any preparation in a few days.
“We were officially told that there would be no preparation before being sent to the war zone. The official commanders of the regiment confirmed this information. On the 29th we are to be sent to Kherson. <…> No firing, no theory, nothing,” he says.
The same video is published by human rights activists from the First Department.
Mediazona found a man with a video on social networks. His name is Sergey Surkov, he lives in Moscow. The posts on his VKontakte page do mention conscription and military service, and there is also a photo from the barracks. He did not respond to the correspondent's messages.
Screenshot: Sergey Surkov/VKontakte
DOXA with a link to a relative of the person called to The man’s service writes that they plan to send those mobilized from the city of Likhoslavl, Tver Region, to the front line a week after training.
“The unit commander said that there would be a maximum of a week of training and immediately to the front line, since there would be no place in the Rostov unit, it would be necessary to bring new conscripts,” DOXA quotes her.