Under heavy fire! Putin mobilizes reserves to protect Russia from Ukrainian drones

Due to the increase in the number of Ukrainian attacks on Russia, the country is beginning to introduce more active measures to protect important objects. As Bloomberg writes, additional troops will be attracted for this purpose.

According to the publication, the Russian government plans to change the legislation regarding civilian reservists who have signed contracts to participate in regular defense exercises in peacetime. On Thursday, a bill was submitted to the Russian Duma to introduce special mobilization by presidential decree and deploy this type of troops to protect “critically important“ facilities, including oil refineries and other energy facilities, transport links and industrial enterprises.

Earlier, the British The Telegraph wrote that Russia is preparing to mobilize about two million military reservists in Ukraine under the new legislation. "The changes in the rules could open up access to huge human resources at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is under pressure to mobilize new forces to modernize and expand the 700,000-strong army fighting in Ukraine".

There is still no public data on how many people could be attracted to the Russian army in this way. According to some estimates, up to 2 million people from the so-called "active reserve", who, after completing military service, gathered for regular exercises and training, could be mobilized. The Russian Defense Ministry, the journalists write, tried to calm the public and convinced that "special mobilized" will not be sent to the front.

"However, this potentially allows the Russian army to free up more troops for deployment to Ukraine by mobilizing reservists to protect the country's borders and critical infrastructure without resorting to unpopular mobilization. This is an indicator of the human resource pressure the Russian army faces,“ the article states.

Currently, the law allows Russian authorities to use reservists only for exercises or checks of military readiness in Russia.