The growing unrest for the mobilization provokes a wave of attacks in almost twenty enlistment points
At least one person was injured on Monday after a man opened fire at an Army recruitment office in the Russian town of Ust-Ilimsk, in the Siberian region of Irkutsk, days after Russian President Vladimir Putin , decree a “partial mobilization” for the war in Ukraine.
The governor of Irkutsk, Igor Kobzev, has indicated in a message on his Telegram account that “a young man has shot inside a military registration and enlistment office” and added that a commissioner identified as Alexander Elisiv is “in critical condition ». “The attacker has been immediately arrested and will be punished,” he said.
The gunman, in a video posted on social media, has identified himself to police officers as 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin.
Mobilized man killed a drafting office commander in Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk region, Russia.
Alexandr Yeliseev, the commander, was shot four times almost point blank.
The murderer is Ruslan Zinin, born in 1997, “partially mobilized”. I have decided jail is better than death in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/s0IvHJZJBO
Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 26, 2022
“What has happened does not enter my head. I am ashamed that this is happening at a time when we should be united. We must not fight each other, but against the real threats,” said Kobzev, who has given an order “for security measures to be reinforced.” “I ask everyone to remain calm,” he stressed.
For its part, the Irkutsk Investigative Committee has indicated that a case has been opened against the 25-year-old detainee, and has reported that “there is an investigation team working on the scene,” according to the Russian agency. of TASS news. “The suspect is being questioned. The motives for the crime are being clarified », he has settled.
Image of a video in which the shooter can be seen in the background, while the civilians present in the recruitment office flee in terror. /
This is the latest episode in a wave of attacks unleashed after the mobilization decreed by Putin. Since then, 17 recruitment centers have been attacked with Molotov cocktails.
Putin framed the decision to decree a “partial mobilization” in the country in “the necessary and urgent measures to protect the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Russia” and warned that Moscow will use “all means” in case of ” threat to the territorial integrity» of Russia. “It’s not a bluff,” he maintained.
For his part, the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, explained that nearly 300,000 reservists will be called up and has indicated that this “partial mobilization” will affect 1.1% of the country’s mobilization resources.
While the seed of unrest grows in the Russian population, Putin’s inner circle closes even more distances with his president. The Kremlin propagandist, Solovyov, charged in his program against the thousands of citizens who have risen up against the regime and even suggested that those responsible for the demonstrations should be shot, according to the Censor.net newspaper.
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