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Partial mobilization of 300 thousands of reserve troops will certainly affect the state of affairs in the special operations zone, but it will not happen tomorrow or the day after. This was stated by the representative of the State Duma, reserve lieutenant general Andrej Gurulev. He posted the text of the speech on his Telegram channel.
“It's time to leave the battalion tactical groups… it's time to gather and work with regiments, brigades, divisions, full-blooded armies. It won't happen all at once, but during October, I assume, we will get there,” Gurulev said on the program “Saturday evening with Vladimir Solovyov”.
The general explained when to expect the mobilization effect: “The newly formed units need a month to prepare. 300,000 people is a number that we can dress, shoe, and provide a math base for training today. By November 1, we will receive the formed units, but in order to send the regiment to the front,”
Sending parts, for example, from Chita will take 20-25 days.
“At the front, all these forces will be concentrated by December 1, if you look optimistically. We will succeed in only 2 months,” said the general.
In the meantime, he noted, the troops must go into “strategic defense, specifically digging, digging with all engineering equipment involved. including civilian ones: excavators, bulldozers.
“We need to create several lines to be able to defend normally, and not like on Balakliya – there was one line. It is necessary to collect all the units in a bunch, so that the army has its divisions, so that they are full-blooded. We have to stockpile weapons, industry also has its limits. It is necessary to carry out a strategic operation to defeat critically important objects, this is a mandatory condition. From November 1, this action will have maximum effectiveness,” said Gurulev.
He did not rule out new waves of mobilization.
He advised how to turn the control system into a special operational zone: “We must have a clear no groupings, but fronts where the commander will have full power and decision in his area of responsibility. The general staff interacts between the fronts. Unfortunately today the system will fail, it is irrelevant.”
“I also strongly believe that if someone failed, it is clear that the mouse died in the warehouses, then whoever is responsible should not go on to other jobs and face a military court,” said the deputy.