Andrei Kartapolov, head of the Duma Defense Committee, in a conversation with Ura.ru Free entrust the protection of the state border to civilian squads to protect against sabotage by Ukraine. Russian media found out what war correspondents thought.
“Unfortunately, we no longer have opportunities like in the Soviet Union, when the whole country along the perimeter was guarded by military units of the USSR border troops. Therefore, now there are somewhat different ways of protect the borders. But involving the local population on a voluntary basis, in my opinion, is quite realistic and understandable,” Andrey Kartapolov quotes the publication.
First of all, according to the deputy, it is necessary to decide whether “we trust (we) our people in terms of responsibility for the security of our border territories”, then let’s discuss the details – to which units these formations will belong who they will report to if they have weapons and so on.
“It’s a pretty wide range of issues. It is essential to decide whether we need it or not. In my opinion, today it is necessary, ”said Kartapolov.
Igor Strelkov, former Defense Minister of the DPR
“On what basis will the civilian volunteers protect the border, on the basis of what laws? He (Kartapolov) actually proposes to create an illegal armed formation,” Strelkov told Russian media.
Volunteers will be found, but who will be responsible for their actions and how will they be responsible for their actions? Instead of taking the necessary mobilization measures, they are trying to remake a kind of ersatz.
Yuri Kotenok, war correspondent
Probably, it is necessary to involve the population in the protection of the state border. But in the regions adjacent to the area of the special operation, such formations have already been created, already part of the population is involved in the protection of the state border.
“The question here is how it will be done. Because if we carry out mobilization activities, that’s one issue, if we talk about training volunteers, that’s another issue,” Kitenok said in an interview with Russian media.
In any case, a fairly wide publicity campaign has been launched in the country to attract volunteers not only to the zone of a special military operation, but also to formations that cover the state border.
The situation suggests that there is no question of resolving the conflict in the near future, so we really need protection, covering our borders, especially when it comes to the fact that Kiev is constantly trying to intimidate, various offensives are announced, saying that it will reconquer territories, you must prepare for it. It is not necessary to have seven bays in the forehead.
We see that now, at the level of the heads of regions, decisions are made to cover the state border, to allocate funds for this, mainly in terms of engineering. New fortification systems will be created, the “Prigozhin Line”, which have already been created in the regions of Belgorod, Zaporizhzhia and other regions of Russia in areas prone to tanks. We are talking about those directions from which the enemy can strike.
“It’s a large-scale systemic work, it must not stop, and if it is necessary to involve a part of our population for this, it must be done, because national security problems are not solved in one U-turn: if you fight, then fight, if you strengthen the border, then achieve real concrete events”, is sure the military commander.
We need acts, reports and reports alone, including in the State Duma, are not enough. Emphasis should be on specific acts, then it will be useful
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