Military service

The Ministry of Reintegration of Ukraine reported receiving 82 bodies of dead Ukrainian servicemen.

For the initial military registration, a personal appearance of citizens in military commissariats may not be required. This is stated in the amendments developed for the introduction of the register of military service in the Russian Federation. For these purposes, it is planned to use GIS data and military enlistment offices.

The village of Plekhovo in the Sudzhansky district came under fire from Ukraine on Friday. This was announced by the governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit.

The Barnaul garrison military Court found reserve Major Mikhail Zhilin guilty of desertion, as well as illegal border crossing. He was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison. He will serve his sentence in a high-security colony. He will be stripped of his military rank.

After negotiations with Ukraine, 101 servicemen from Russia returned home from captivity. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the country.

The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported on the conduct of tactical exercises of tank platoons with live firing at the Gozhsky training ground.

On February 3, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, will announce the expansion of the training program for the Ukrainian military from 15 thousand to 30 thousand people. This was stated to journalists by a high-ranking representative of the European Union (EU) in Brussels.

General Sergey Surovikin, who previously held this post, was appointed Gerasimov's deputy.

Ukrainians who are abroad were obliged to register for military service in diplomatic institutions in order to return to their homeland in a timely manner during mobilization.

According to the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov, it is necessary to discuss the restructuring of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, including an increase in the term of military service, after the completion of the special operation. The parliamentarian sees no need for such discussions at this stage.