Thousands of Russians mobilised for military service in Ukraine have been sent home after being deemed unfit for duty.
Mikhail Degtyarev, the governor of the Khabarovsk region in Russia’s far east, said several thousand men had reported for enlistment in 10 days but many were ineligible.
He said; “About half of them we returned home as they did not meet the selection criteria for entering the military service.”
He added that the military commissioner in Russia’s Khabarovsk region was removed, but that his dismissal would not affect the mobilisation.
Russia’s first call to arms since World War II, declared on September 21, led to widespread discontent and drove thousands of men to flee abroad.
Some 2,000 people were arrested at the anti-war mobilization protests in more than 30 towns and cities, with independent news outlets saying some detained were served summons to report at military enlistment offices.
Russian officials usually supportive of the president also expressed anger over the mobilisation move, in a rare show of dissent.
Quadri Adejumo covers World News, Health, Climate & Humanitarian.
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