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“Zhenya, I agree”: Putin allows volunteers with serious health conditions to serve

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Vladimir Putin agreed to allow volunteers with category D health conditions to serve in regional units defending against Ukrainian drone attacks.
  • The request came from Yevgeny Poddubny, a VGTRK war correspondent and the top candidate on United Russia’s election list.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to let volunteers with serious health conditions serve in regional units defending against Ukrainian drone attacks. People with category D conditions are normally exempt from military service.

The request came from Yevgeny Poddubny, a war correspondent for Russia’s state broadcaster VGTRK. Poddubny is also the top candidate on United Russia’s election list, and asked Putin to make an exception for the volunteers.

Zhenya, I agree.

· Vladimir PutinPutin’s response to Yevgeny Poddubny’s request concerning volunteers with category D health conditions.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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