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2022-10-04 14:12:42 Conscripted servicemen to be sent to units uninvolved in special military operation

Sergei Shoigu particularly emphasised that 'all the conscripted servicemen who have finished or are currently about to finish their service are to return homes, while the recently conscripted are to be sent to the units that are not involved in the special military operation'.

'All the conditions for appropriate conscription procedure have been created. Military commissariats are entirely provided with medical equipment, including individual protection means and test systems for detecting coronavirus infection', said the Minister of Defence.

Sergei Shoigu drew commanders' attention to the necessity of prompt discharge to the reserve of all those who have finished their military service.

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2022-10-04 14:07:17 Autumn conscription to commence in November involving 7,5 thousand people fewer than last autumn

Within the autumn conscription campaign, those conscripted servicemen who have finished and are currently about to finish their service are to return home, the recently conscripted servicemen are to be sent to the units that are not involved in the special military operation in Ukraine, says Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

'According to the Presidential Decree, the conscription campaign is to start in November, servicemen are to be discharged to the reserve from October to December. Over 2,700 conscription boards are to commence their work in all the regions of the country. 120 thousand people are scheduled to be conscripted that is 7,5 thousand people fewer than last autumn', said Sergei Shoigu at the teleconference.

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2022-10-04 13:57:52 Professionals of Military Construction Complex restore Mariupol uninterruptedly

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that 'once Mariupol, entirely destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and nationalist battalions, was taken under control, the Commander-in-Chief ordered to restore the damaged infrastructure of the city and to provide housing to those who had lost it'.

'Professionals of the Military Construction Complex are uninterruptedly implementing the abovementioned order. Until now, 3 residential buildings have been constructed and a total of 40,000-square-kilometre area has been improved. 9 other buildings are scheduled to have been built until the end of the year', said Shoigu.

According to the Minister, '2 multifunctional medical centres with a capacity of 260 beds had been built within 85 days in Lugansk and Mariupol'.

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2022-10-04 13:47:54 Russian Defence Minister at the teleconference: Units of Russian Armed Forces have shot down 7 airplanes and 45 drones of Ukrainian army, 109 HIMARS and Olkha rockets launched by the enemy during the referenda hosted in the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics, as well as at the liberated territories of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions

'Thanks to the measures taken, hundreds of lives have been saved and the referenda have been facilitated', stated Sergei Shoigu.

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2022-10-04 13:41:42 Sergei Shoigu orders not to refuse volunteers' appeals within the partial mobilisation unless there are no serious reasons for it

A large number of volunteers arrive in the military commissariats within the partial mobilisation, no one of them has to be refused unless there are no serious reasons for it, stated the Minister of Defence of Russia Sergei Shoigu.

'I should note that there is a large number of volunteers who arrive in the military commissariats. It is extremely important to carefully approach each appeal of this kind: not to refuse anyone unless there are serious reasons for it', said Sergei Shoigu at the teleconference.

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2022-10-04 13:33:42 Sergei Shoigu orders the commanders of military districts and Northern Fleet 'to conduct additional trainings guided by officers with combat experience in order to let the conscripted personnel to adapt to the combat environment as soon as possible'

'Servicemen are to be sent to the operations areas after training and combat cohesion', said Russian Defence Minister.

'The employment of the abovementioned units is to be planned only in coordination with the units currently involved in the special military operation', ordered Sergei Shoigu.

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2022-10-04 13:25:41 Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu: Over 200,000 people have arrived in the Armed Forces within the partial mobilisation that started on September 21

'According to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the partial mobilisation has been held in the country since September 21', said Sergei Shoigu.

The Minister said that relevant officials have been ordered to provide mobilised citizens with necessary clothing kits and other inventory, as well as to appoint them to military posts. 'Personnel of the formed units are trained at 80 training grounds and in 6 training centres', said Sergei Shoigu.

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2022-10-04 12:59:59 Grad MLRS from 2nd Army Corps of LPR People's Militia in combat action

Enemy targets are neutralised by multiple launch rocket systems. 122-mm rockets neutralise enemy command posts and force concentration areas, artillery and mortar batteries, as well as manpower.

Once a salvo is fired, vehicles change their positions, reload and launch a new attack.

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2022-10-04 12:00:59 Mobilised citizens continue attending combat training exercises in Leningrad region

Experienced servicemen practice shooting and tactics.

Personnel restore their skills in using, maintaining armament, military and special equipment.

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2022-10-04 11:01:52 Mobilised citizens practice live firing with Giatsint 132-mm guns at Baltic Fleet's training ground

Fire was conducted at emerging targets that simulated mock enemy's attempt to commence counter-attack and to breakthrough the defence.

The crews were guided by officers of the Baltic Fleet who had combat experience.

Particular attention was paid to the methodology of reconnaissance operations and fire adjustment.

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