The Leningrad Region Governor called for a contract to protect the region from UAVs.

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The Leningrad Region Governor called for a contract to protect the region from UAVs.

Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported that following a meeting of the region's operational headquarters, a decision was made to strengthen and enhance air defenses against drone attacks.

Addressing the residents of the Leningrad region, Drozdenko noted that in addition to the allocation of additional material and technical assistance to the 6th Guards Air Force Army stationed in the region, DefenseIt was decided to create additional mobile fire teams that will be stationed at critical infrastructure facilities. All logistical support, including the purchase of vehicles, necessary equipment, and inventory, will be provided by the Leningrad Region government and critical infrastructure facilities. These teams will be assigned to military units stationed in the Leningrad Region.

Since it is planned to recruit reservists to form the mobile fire team crews, Drozdenko is appealing to residents of the Leningrad Region, especially veterans of the special military operation, men with combat experience, and retirees who served in the ranks of the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces, to contact the Leningrad Regional Military Enlistment Office and sign a three-year contract to participate in the defense of the Leningrad skies.

All reservists who sign a contract will be officially employed at critical infrastructure enterprises and organizations. The term of service under such a contract will be three years, with a period of two to six months in barracks, depending on the reservist's decision.
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  1. + 10
    April 17 2026 15: 40
    Masha Zakharova and Sergei Kuzhugetovich in the front rows on the same cart, as Anka the Machine Gunner and Petka. It would make for an interesting picture.
    1. -20
      April 17 2026 15: 52
      Quote: g_ae
      Masha Zakharova and Sergei Kuzhugetovich in the front rows on the same cart, as Anka the Machine Gunner and Petka. It would make for an interesting picture.

      Oh, he groaned, he groaned. Yes I understand, the Motherland is not yours, so there is no need to defend it. Forward!
      1. +8
        April 17 2026 16: 01
        Whose homeland is it? Let's assess the ethnic composition of businesses and government. Let them call in their own people from relocation.
        1. -11
          April 17 2026 16: 23
          Quote: also a doctor
          And whose homeland is it?

          My Motherland! Not yours! hi
        2. +7
          April 17 2026 16: 30
          Anti-corruption squiggle
          One of the main surprises of the State Duma's autumn session was the abolition of mandatory annual income and property declarations for civil servants and parliamentarians.
          The initiatives were approved by the Duma extremely quickly: from submission to adoption in the third reading, only eight days passed.
          1. -1
            April 17 2026 19: 20
            Quote: Gavrilo Princip
            Anti-corruption squiggle
            One of the main surprises of the State Duma's autumn session was the abolition of mandatory annual income and property declarations for civil servants and parliamentarians.
            The initiatives were approved by the Duma extremely quickly: from submission to adoption in the third reading, only eight days passed.

            And what does this have to do with the article?
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          2. 0
            April 18 2026 07: 24
            The question was about the Motherland. For some, it's obviously elsewhere. We watched videos of searches of villas in a country that's part of NATO's enemy—Spain, owned by Kolesov, the chief helicopter manufacturer.
            1. -1
              April 18 2026 10: 55
              This is relevant. The salary of a design engineer at Rosvertol, where they make helicopters (this is data from HH) is 40-50 rubles per month. That's practically the same as what a cleaning lady earns in an office somewhere in Moscow.
    2. +5
      April 17 2026 16: 00
      Why not just hit the center of Helsinki and put an end to the "gifts" right away? Our bourgeois bastards are ready to wriggle like snakes in a frying pan.
    3. +3
      April 17 2026 16: 25
      In general, in the Middle Ages, there was a good tradition of every vassal who owned land joining an army personally led by the king and going to war. Perhaps it's time to adopt this practice: first, the "hurrah" patriots who were under the protection of local vassals, then the vassals themselves commanded the "hurrah" troops, and finally, the king led this entire army on the battlefield.
      1. +5
        April 17 2026 17: 06
        There's no need to go that far back. The children of many party leaders fought in WWII. Many died. How many of those are there now?
    4. +1
      April 17 2026 16: 32
      hi To begin with, recall all ambassadors from European countries for consultations and warn Russian tourists not to visit Europe in the near future for safety reasons, starting with the polluted territories beyond the straits.
      In the Russian Federation, the military registration status of military personnel must be clarified electronically through the responsible authorities.
      Conduct military exercises of the North-Western, Central, and Southern Districts.
      Monitor the reactions of former partners.
      1. +4
        April 17 2026 17: 34
        Why conduct exercises now and with whom?
        The men aren't home for two to four months at a time—those on missions. And those at the base are on duty every other day. And this has been going on for five years now.
        A normal person simply begins to break down physically and psychologically, and I see this specifically among my former colleagues, and young people too.
        They are already all mentally prepared for a big war.
        It will be morally easier than beating around the bush.
        1. -2
          April 17 2026 18: 51
          Arkady007
          Today, 17: 34
          Why conduct exercises now and with whom?
          It will be morally easier than beating around the bush.

          hi Without a doubt, the list of measures is not mandatory, but is subject to adjustment. Moreover, over more than 30 years, and especially the last 4 years of observing the Kremlin’s actions, the latter is 1001% unlikely to sharply increase the escalation.
          Regarding the reserves, I agree that it will be a difficult decision, but people will understand if you explain the goals and objectives, and the events usually fit into one or two weeks.
          It is much more difficult to explain to those of our armed forces in the SVO-KTO, who have been at the ribbon for 2-3 years and receive news from home and from friends about the death of civilians in the deep rear, as well as periodically thrown in negotiations with discussed agreements.
          The point of my comment is to psychologically sharply escalate the situation after repeated warnings and actually squeeze, for example, one or two small British military bases or conduct a drone swarm operation under a false flag against European countries, which is what unknown drones attributed to the Russian Federation already provoked in Europe at the end of 2025.
          The main thing is that Ghanaians, Frogs and others experience fear, the inevitability of punishment and retribution firsthand.
    5. +1
      April 17 2026 17: 56
      Shoigu is 70 years old, what a machine gun...
    6. Alf
      0
      April 17 2026 19: 49
      Quote: g_ae
      Masha Zakharova and Sergei Kuzhugetovich in the front rows on the same cart, as Anka the Machine Gunner and Petka. It would make for an interesting picture.

      It would have been a VERY interesting picture. Drones would have avoided that cart, and their operators would have been on high alert to make sure nothing happened to the crew.
    7. +2
      April 18 2026 00: 49
      Following a meeting of the regional operational headquarters, a decision was made on the need to strengthen and enhance the protection of the skies from attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles.
      - that’s the problem, that in order to make the necessary and even obvious decision, a meeting was required.

      A meeting and prompt decision making are an oxymoron.
  2. +4
    April 17 2026 15: 42
    All reservists who have signed a contract will be officially employed at critical infrastructure enterprises and organizations.

    Will they have military status? Or will they be PMCs again?
    1. +4
      April 17 2026 15: 54
      Quote: AlexGa
      Will they have military status? Or will they be PMCs again?

      They wrote it in the article, a contract.
      1. +7
        April 17 2026 16: 07
        Which must be analyzed point by point with punctuation marks.
        1. +4
          April 17 2026 16: 19
          Any piece of paper you sign must be analyzed point by point, including punctuation marks.
          1. -1
            April 18 2026 12: 41
            Especially where the choice is between life and death.
            1. +1
              April 18 2026 12: 48
              Well, there are few losses in the air defense mobile task forces, maybe even no losses at all.
    2. +4
      April 17 2026 15: 55
      It was decided to create additional mobile fire teams

      The Leningrad Region is a border region. Each border outpost and commandant's office has a duty unit responsible for air defense missions. They have direct communication with air defense units. Therefore, it makes sense to station anti-aircraft gun teams near these outposts. Air defense units should have such teams on duty 24/7.
      1. +7
        April 17 2026 16: 10
        Quote: frruc
        The Leningrad Region is a border region. Each border outpost and commandant's office has a duty unit that carries out air defense tasks. They have direct communication with the Air Defense Forces.

        This should be handled by the country's UNIFIED air defense system, not by the Leningrad Region and local border guards. The USSR had one, but now it's been fragmented into separate regions.
        1. 0
          April 17 2026 16: 27
          Askold65
          This should be handled by the country's UNIFIED air defense system.

          That's what she's doing, everything remains as it was. I simply suggested that border outposts be equipped with ZU (ZPU) systems on duty around the clock.
      2. -2
        April 17 2026 16: 27
        And then they'll go ahead and tell and show where the drones are flying from, from beyond the Ukrainian border.
      3. +3
        April 17 2026 20: 08
        This intrigued me. A contract is signed with the Ministry of Defense, and the signatory gets hired by a company and the facility being protected? What kind of organizational chaos is going on with the Russian military? The country has a Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces subordinate to it. Why have tasks like building fortifications in the Kursk region, and now repelling air attacks, become the governors' responsibility? Do they need a directive from the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff? It's their direct responsibility. And why can't conscripts be called upon to defend the skies over the Leningrad region and its borders? This isn't even a frontline region, it's deep in the rear. It'll soon get to the point where every region and every enterprise will have its own army, like the appanage princes once did.
        1. 0
          April 18 2026 12: 46
          Well, it seems like one of the deputies said that the air defense systems should be purchased by the organizations themselves.

          I just imagined for a minute how, during the Great Patriotic War, they would call, say, the director of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant and ask, did you purchase anti-aircraft artillery mounts using trade union dues?
    3. +3
      April 17 2026 16: 00
      Definitely not a PMC. Contract soldiers, most likely.
      1. +1
        April 17 2026 16: 24
        Then how do we understand this:
        All reservists who have signed a contract will be officially employed at critical infrastructure enterprises and organizations.

        They don't seem to be military personnel anymore. Although, maybe the journalists wrote it wrong. I'll look for the governor's specific words.
        1. 0
          April 17 2026 17: 10
          Alexga
          Then how to understand this?

          Answer: People who sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense have the right to return to their previous jobs upon completion of their contract, meaning their positions will be reserved for them.
      2. 0
        April 17 2026 16: 30
        Here is the original source, Telegram channel:
        Dear residents of the Leningrad region, dear Leningraders!

        We just completed a meeting of the task force under my leadership.

        The headquarters meeting was attended by government bodies of the Leningrad Region, federal government bodies, law enforcement agencies, as well as directors of the largest critical and especially important facilities in the Leningrad Region.

        During the headquarters meeting, a decision was made on the need to strengthen and enhance the protection of Leningrad's skies from attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles.

        As part of the decision, additional material and technical assistance will be provided to the 6th Guards Air Force and Air Defense Army, stationed in the Leningrad Region.

        A decision was also made to create additional mobile fire teams, which will be stationed at critical infrastructure facilities and organizations, and will be placed at the disposal of the 6th Guards Air Force-Air Defense Army and individual military units stationed in the Leningrad Region.

        The decision stipulates that the Leningrad Region government and critical infrastructure companies will shoulder all logistical support, including the purchase of vehicles, necessary equipment, and inventory.

        Reservists are expected to be recruited to form the mobile fireteam crews, so I would like to appeal to residents of the Leningrad Region, especially veterans of the special military operation, those with combat experience, and retirees who served in the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces: through the Leningrad Regional Military Enlistment Office, we will offer three-year contracts under the reservist scheme to participate in the formation of mobile fireteams and the defense of Leningrad's skies.

        At the same time, all reservists will be employed at critical infrastructure enterprises and organizations to protect them.

        The contract service period is up to three years, with a maximum service period of 2 to 6 months in barracks to protect the Leningrad skies, and a minimum period of 2 months - up to 6 months at the discretion of the reservist.

        We are doing everything possible to protect the skies over Leningrad and ensure the safety of the residents of the Leningrad Region. Victory will be ours!

        Contact numbers for the Leningrad Regional Military Enlistment Office for questions and answers on how to sign a contract and join the reservists:

        t.me/drozdenko_au_lo/9742
        This all seems a bit odd. It's probably all due to the law on reserve service.
        1. +2
          April 17 2026 17: 54
          It's not very clear
          At the same time, all reservists will be employed at critical infrastructure enterprises and organizations to protect them.

          Who will employ them, who will be listed as security guards and cleaners at the enterprise, and even in barracks conditions?
          At the same time, they will not be military employees, since they are employed at the enterprise.
          It looks like they decided to "cheat" with the benefits provided to military personnel.
          1. -1
            April 17 2026 18: 23
            Vladimir, there's a document called Federal Law No. 288-FZ of December 30, 2012, which amends the Law on Defense. It's written in a lot of general terms, but the Ministry of Defense Order defines how and what should be done. I think it's a voluntary decree, and it won't be published. Regarding pay, it's unclear whether they're "at war" or not. Most likely, they're being paid based on the unemployed. This also raises questions: they need to be given serious training, since they're being given combat weapons, assigned tasks, and so on...
            1. +1
              April 17 2026 19: 16
              It's all very foggy.
              It is clear that now there is a sense of hopelessness, and this issue requires consideration.
              We "woke up" a bit late...
          2. +2
            April 17 2026 19: 58
            Quote: Vladimir M
            It looks like they decided to "cheat" with the benefits provided to military personnel.

            Yes, indeed. But don't worry about the burial being at the company's expense. The only complication might be the position in which you were killed, as an electrician or as an anti-aircraft gunner. You could also be fired retroactively for absenteeism, as an electrician, or declared a deserter, as an anti-aircraft gunner. It's a murky business, with an employment contract with the company and a contract with the Leningrad Region. Who will be responsible for the financial resources, and how will access to the "air defense duty" be handled? For example, we only had a medical examination, but only guard duty in the technical area and guard duty in the "guard bay"...
            I imagine myself among the crew of a ZSU-2-57 in a caponier at a vegetable warehouse near Pulkovo, shooting at the lights in the night sky (the ZSU has no roof, after all) and taking my place as the "rest shift," and in the morning, back as an electrician. In a couple of months, I'll already be a combat veteran. Maybe they'll even give me a medal (useful for my pension). On weekends, I can work remotely at a third job, as a blogger at the vegetable warehouse.
            And if the vile occupier, as part of the NATO Multinational Air Defense Force, comes out of the Baltics, then the vegetable warehouse can be covered with a "hellish mallet" with direct fire (but that's a different contract and probably not with the LO).
            1. 0
              April 18 2026 12: 50
              They reasoned sensibly. To the point. Some people, especially those with proven track records (members of United Russia, of course), could be issued Igla MANPADS for night duty, with mandatory training.
              1. 0
                April 18 2026 13: 36
                Quote: Gavrilo Princip
                Those who have been particularly proven in the field (members of United Russia, of course) can be issued Igla MANPADS for night duty, with mandatory instruction.

                I'm subscribed to the Zvezda TV channel in MAKHs. There's a video on the topic of this article. Man-portable air defense systems and small anti-aircraft missiles will be issued.
                Mobile fire teams will strengthen the air defense infrastructure of the Leningrad Region.

                https://tvzvezda.ru/news/20264171650-fGyTs.html/player
  3. + 11
    April 17 2026 15: 44
    Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported that following a meeting of the region's operational headquarters, a decision was made to strengthen and enhance air defenses against drone attacks.
    Or it can do like Iran, which, on the basis of the UN Charter, has justified that those countries that provided their territory, air spaceFor the aggressor forces, they are parties to a military conflict, and therefore receive significant blows to their targets... There's a new meme circulating online. Why do all the red lines Russia draws immediately turn brown? Because everyone and their dog immediately starts shitting on them.
    1. -8
      April 17 2026 15: 57
      They say we've decided to strike Europe. So, everyone, buckle up!
      1. + 16
        April 17 2026 16: 00
        Quote: Vladislav_V
        They say we've decided to strike Europe. So, everyone, buckle up!

        Who made this decision and when? Where did the "firewood" come from?
        1. -1
          April 17 2026 16: 09
          The decision regarding potential Russian military strikes against Ukrainian drone production sites in Europe has already been made, but its implementation remains the responsibility of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, State Duma Defense Committee member Andrei Kolesnik told Gazeta.Ru.

          hi How are you? Congratulations on bringing your idea to life. It's about the colors of life. feel
          1. +3
            April 17 2026 16: 28
            Quote: Vladislav_V

            hi How are you? Congratulations on bringing your idea to life. It's about the colors of life. feel

            I would like to hear these words from a more responsible comrade.
            But as they say, when there is no fish...
            I hope so.
            It's high time to set fire to the jackals' tails.
        2. 0
          April 17 2026 16: 42
          Quote: Hunter 2
          Who made this decision and when? Where did the "firewood" come from?

          Friday evening. Just a casual get-together... Even though it's still a workday beyond the Urals...
      2. -3
        April 17 2026 16: 29
        Quote: Vladislav_V
        They say that we have decided to strike Europe.

        If they start to hit, make sure that the opponent does not get up and respond with full force.
        1. -2
          April 17 2026 20: 25
          Quote: opuonmed
          If they start to hit, make sure that the opponent does not get up and respond with full force.

          Where does the EU get all this power? They need to stay alive until the "second coming." While missiles from Russia are flying at the EU, "refugees" from "ancient Sumeria" will be tearing down barns for their "unsettled lives," and Batka will take something for his "collective farm." The main thing is that others don't start joining in later—the Armenian "brothers," the "skullcaps"—the EU will be lost...
          1. -1
            April 17 2026 23: 09
            By the way, I was writing about Russia, not the EU. If Russia is going to attack, it needs to do so with all its might.
      3. 0
        April 17 2026 16: 39
        Quote: Vladislav_V
        They say that we have made a decision to strike Europe.

        They can say all sorts of things about you, but we have nothing to do with it. laughing Making a decision and implementing it are two different things. IRI as an example.
      4. Alf
        -1
        April 17 2026 19: 59
        Quote: Vladislav_V
        They say we've decided to strike Europe. So, everyone, buckle up!

        You should first post the ENTIRE text of this passage... It's written there in plain Russian: "I think." That's just what the deputy thinks, and even then, "probably." I'm posting it especially for you.
        with clarification.
    2. -1
      April 17 2026 16: 03
      Fitter65
      Yes, because everyone and their dog immediately starts shitting on them.

      Of course! With people like us, it's entirely possible.
      1. -1
        April 17 2026 16: 57
        Quote: frruc
        Of course! With people like us, it's entirely possible.

        It's not just possible, it's acceptable to everyone.
    3. 0
      April 17 2026 16: 21
      There's a new meme going around the internet. Why do all the red lines drawn by the US and Trump immediately turn brown? Because everyone and their dog starts shitting on them.
  4. +2
    April 17 2026 15: 47
    Revive the MPVO in its full form.

    Local air defense is a system aimed at protecting the population, industrial facilities, and infrastructure from air attacks, as well as eliminating the consequences of bombing. Local air defense included blackout, warning, firefighting, and medical assistance, and became the foundation of modern civil defense.
    The birthday of the Air Defense Forces is considered to be October 4, 1932, when the “Regulations on the Air Defense of the Territory of the USSR” were approved.

    The contract is separate.
    1. +2
      April 17 2026 16: 15
      Tell me, how can pensioners and families with children protect themselves from, say, a NATO drone flying into their apartment window?
      1. 0
        April 17 2026 16: 20
        Quote: Gavrilo Princip
        Tell me, how can pensioners and families with children protect themselves from, say, a NATO drone flying into their apartment window?
        Basically, nothing, or at least by improving the warning system and the accessibility of bomb shelters. Considering drones are small and unnoticeable, again, nothing. Let them vote for the elimination of the enemy's leadership; that's the same old story about bridges and tunnels.
        1. +2
          April 17 2026 16: 26
          Where are they, the bomb shelters?
          Bomb shelter addresses will appear on the Gosuslugi website.

          The Ministry of Emergency Situations has promised that every Russian will be able to quickly find out which shelter they are assigned to through the Gosuslugi website. The system is scheduled to launch by the end of 2025.
          Somehow I didn't find either. Is anyone using it yet?
          1. +1
            April 17 2026 16: 54
            Quote: Gavrilo Princip
            Is anyone using it already?
            Of course, they are used, we have parking lots in them, others are abandoned.
            Obeschalkin from the Ministry of Emergency Situations promised talent: he announced the mass production of AI-powered combat robots in Russia. These aren't just experimental prototypes, but robots "that could truly be featured in science fiction films."
            Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=шойгу+роботы
            Continuity appears to be in order.
      2. 0
        April 17 2026 16: 45
        Gavrilo Princip
        Please tell me how pensioners and families with children can protect themselves.

        Let me explain. First, cover the windows with adhesive tape (to prevent the glass from shattering).
        Take cover away from the windows; this is the bathroom, the toilet. Keep your documents close to you.
        1. 0
          April 18 2026 07: 17
          Thank you so much. I'm truly proud of our country. Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the first man in space, the creation of the nuclear shield, the development of nuclear energy...
      3. Alf
        -1
        April 17 2026 20: 01
        Quote: Gavrilo Princip
        Tell me, how can pensioners and families with children protect themselves from, say, a NATO drone flying into their apartment window?

        As the Samara governor advised, "hide in the most secure part of your house or apartment, for example, in the bathroom."
        1. 0
          April 18 2026 07: 19
          Bathrooms in the Samara region were apparently built with the risk of a nuclear conflict with the United States in mind...
          1. Alf
            +1
            April 18 2026 16: 35
            Quote: Gavrilo Princip
            Bathrooms in the Samara region were apparently built with the risk of a nuclear conflict with the United States in mind...

            Judging by the interior concrete walls of my Khrushchev-era apartment, yes.
    2. +1
      April 17 2026 16: 24
      Everything "brilliant" has long been invented! The Ministry of Emergency Situations is good, but it doesn't quite measure up to a full-fledged civil defense system.
      1. 0
        April 17 2026 16: 47
        Quote: Bayun
        Everything "brilliant" has long been invented! The Ministry of Emergency Situations is good, but it doesn't quite measure up to a full-fledged civil defense system.
        Of course, but:
        The Ministry of Emergency Situations was the Ministry of Local Defense, then the Civil Defense, with each renaming losing its traction and functions.
        http://ugochsbor.ru/about/history_go/
        https://umcgochs.mos.ru/presscenter/news/detail/10132028.html
        https://66.mchs.gov.ru/deyatelnost/napravleniya-deyatelnosti/grazhdanskaya-zashchita/grazhdanskaya-oborona/istoriya-grazhdanskoy-oborony/istoriya-razvitiya-grazhdanskoy-oborony-sssr-rossii
      2. -3
        April 17 2026 16: 50
        Bayun
        it doesn't qualify as a full-fledged civil defense system.

        Much depends on local authorities, housing management, homeowners associations, and industrial enterprise administrations.
    3. 0
      April 17 2026 16: 38
      Andriuha077
      The air defense system included blackout, warning, firefighting, and medical assistance.

      Just like in the movies, girls with buckets and water in attics, barrage balloons on tethers and listeners.
  5. +3
    April 17 2026 15: 52
    The Leningrad Region Governor called for a contract to protect the region from UAVs.

    And what regions should be prepared for these events next?
    The Northern Fleet base may be under attack by NATO UAVs.
    1. +2
      April 17 2026 16: 19
      I'm wondering if this is Finland's response, as Shoigu stated, or not yet? Regarding the regions, Shoigu previously mentioned that UAVs would be allowed to fly safely over the Urals, perhaps a hint to "get ready."
    2. +1
      April 17 2026 16: 29
      They'll probably have drones flying there that look like Hemars missiles. And we'll pretend they're ultra-long-range Ukrainian missiles.
  6. + 15
    April 17 2026 15: 53
    A lure to replenish the dwindling assault infantry. He signed a contract to guard a house or a factory in the Leningrad region, and you're sent to the infantry in the Northern Military District to storm trenches. I wonder what the conditions are like. If they're volunteer militias, that's one thing, but if it's a contract with the Ministry of Defense, the outcome is clear. You're just fodder.
    1. 0
      April 17 2026 15: 59
      All reservists who have signed contracts will be officially employed at critical infrastructure enterprises and organizations.
    2. 0
      April 17 2026 16: 06
      I think so too, there are so many rumors swirling! I won't write what the lame man in uniform with medals said while looking at the payment poster. We recently encountered him, and it all seems very strange.
    3. +5
      April 17 2026 16: 09
      Quote: Monetniy
      A lure to replenish the dwindling assault infantry. He signed a contract to guard a house and a factory in the Leningrad region, while you were sent to the infantry in the Northern Military District to storm trenches.

      It's obvious, the non-brothers had the same thing, like territorial defense, service near home, but in reality everything is different
      1. +2
        April 17 2026 16: 24
        But in Russia there are volunteers, and in the Pukre there is mobilization and there is enough of everyone
    4. +5
      April 17 2026 16: 12
      Quote: Monetniy
      A lure to replenish the dwindling assault infantry. He signed a contract to guard a house or a factory in the Leningrad region, and you're sent to the infantry in the Northern Military District to storm trenches. I wonder what the conditions are like. If they're volunteer militias, that's one thing, but if it's a contract with the Ministry of Defense, the outcome is clear. You're just fodder.

      Just like with the one-year contract in the unmanned forces, I signed it, and then it turned out I was unfit to operate drones and was off to the assaults; orders are not discussed in the army.
      1. -7
        April 17 2026 16: 25
        If you are unfit, you will not be signed to a contract.
        1. +1
          April 17 2026 17: 35
          Quote: Kull90
          If you are unfit, you will not be signed to a contract.

          Now everyone is fit, I personally know people well over 60, with a bunch of diseases and barely moving their legs, and nothing, they took them, though they have already been delivered.
          1. -2
            April 17 2026 18: 31
            I personally know people who weren't accepted and they are around 50
            About 30 people left our village, one of the Wagner PMCs died, the mobilized (about 10 people) are all alive
            1. Alf
              -1
              April 17 2026 20: 05
              Quote: Kull90
              I personally know people who weren't accepted and they are around 50
              About 30 people left our village, one of the Wagner PMCs died, the mobilized (about 10 people) are all alive

              Where are the other 19?
              1. 0
                April 17 2026 20: 23
                contract soldiers serve somewhere in the Northern Military District,
                just noted the mobilized ones
  7. -1
    April 17 2026 16: 01
    "What have you done to bring us closer to victory and give you stable internet?"
  8. +1
    April 17 2026 16: 03
    We need to make robots, not mobilize men.
    1. -4
      April 17 2026 16: 25
      and they make robots and call men for contracts, mobilize them for the sake of the pukr
    2. Alf
      +1
      April 17 2026 20: 09
      Quote: also a doctor
      Robots need to be made,

      And who will make them and in which factories? "Particularly valuable specialists" from villages and kishlaks?
  9. +3
    April 17 2026 16: 09
    Let me repeat. How were "lighter" fires extinguished in the domestic war? Civilians and publicly! Drones can be combated with the free sale of smoothbore guns, with "hunters" stationed on high-rise buildings, mobile phone towers, and restored survey towers.

    One can also imagine the "vigilantes" communicating quickly with local air defense systems and the security of strategic facilities. They say that even wired communication is many times faster than any drone.

    It's managed and budgeted through Mobplan. Even a person with disabilities—especially one with combat experience (!)—can lead this important task. And they won't have to sit around in the accounting or HR department after retraining.

    P.S.: But!
    Who needs this? Nobody needs it!
    Who needs this? Nobody needs it.
    1. 0
      April 17 2026 16: 18
      UAVs can be combated with the free sale of smoothbore guns with "hunters" stationed on high-rise buildings, mobile phone towers, and restored survey towers.

      Grandma! Do you have a light? Where's Grandma? I'm here for her.
    2. 0
      April 17 2026 16: 29
      Quote: Bayun
      One can also fantasize about the operational communication of the "vigilantes" with local air defense systems and the protection of strategic facilities.
      There used to be a DOSAAF organization, and it still exists, just filled with a few people. It should be revived, filled with rotating members, and provided with the appropriate rights and interactions.
      Many things can be easily accomplished if the bourgeoisie working abroad stops creating obstacles.
      1. 0
        April 17 2026 19: 44
        The trouble is that the real power in Rus' is in the hands of the international Oligarchic International. And if the Russian bourgeoisie If it doesn't separate, it will perish! They will be slaughtered and that's it, because they are RUSSIANS. And they won't care if you are a Tatar, an Uzbek, or an Armenian... This is for now, they are cunningly profiting, they are called and addressed by their "non-Russian" nation, but when it comes to murder and extortion, they will all be labeled Russian in spirit. That's how the West works!

        P.S.: The Persians (among whom there are also many peoples) have realized this, but the Russians have not yet.
    3. +1
      April 17 2026 16: 59
      Bayun
      One can also fantasize about the operational communication of the "vigilantes"

      Of course, you can fantasize. But only by talking to friends who have personally observed UAVs from balconies, at their dachas, in the forest, and NO ONE I didn't report this to the appropriate services, such as 112. All calls are recorded there.
      1. 0
        April 17 2026 19: 34
        And who wants to fill out 128 papers later, in written form in 3 copies, and all of them strictly handwritten?

        Rus' is now a FEDERATION with a PRESIDENT, living under a CONSTITUTION. We are the ELECTORATE for SOVEREIGN DEMOCRACY... Healthy again – again a foreign word.

        As soon as we become a UNION, governed by a popularly elected SOVEREIGN, and begin to live according to the SUPREME LAW, then good people will immediately start calling.
        1. +1
          April 17 2026 19: 55
          Bayun
          And who wants to fill out 128 papers later, in written form in 3 copies?

          Who told you that? The message doesn't commit you to anything, even if you imagined it or are hungover.
          1. 0
            April 18 2026 01: 39
            Been there, I know. Experience, my friend, is more powerful than any fiction. Don't believe me? Call me when you get a chance. You'll be very surprised by the government's reaction to an "honest citizen."
            1. 0
              April 18 2026 09: 30
              Bayun
              Call if you have a chance

              Brother, I called last year. They only asked what I saw, the place, time, and my last name. They also asked if there was a video. I said no. And that was it.
  10. +5
    April 17 2026 16: 10
    Why do we even have conscripts?
    1. 0
      April 17 2026 16: 23
      So, it seems they are sent to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
      The shortage of personnel in the Ministry of Emergency Situations will be filled by conscripts.
      https://topwar.ru/278142-nehvatka-kadrov-v-mchs-budet-vospolnjatsja-soldatami-srochnoj-sluzhby.html
    2. -1
      April 17 2026 16: 28
      Excellent question! So, as the classic put it, "How one conscript could feed two rear-echelon generals." No one to command? You'd have to fight!
    3. +3
      April 17 2026 16: 54
      salad
      Why do we even have conscripts?

      As before, to clean up the territories of military facilities, whitewash curbs, dig around trees and stand on the nightstand.
  11. +1
    April 17 2026 16: 15
    How will Russia respond to the Baltic states, which provide their airspace for attacks on Russia?
    1. -1
      April 17 2026 16: 37
      Quote: opuonmed
      How will Russia respond to the Baltic states, which provide their airspace for attacks on Russia?
      A multiple increase in recording, with forced familiarization of UN observers.
      The plan to begin patrolling the airspace of these countries, at the entrance, with an airborne detector of the agreed model.

      All three Baltic misunderstandings – Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia – have been full members of NATO since March 29, 2004.
  12. +2
    April 17 2026 16: 31
    So, today you signed a contract, and tomorrow you'll be off to storm Kupyansk or somewhere else. After all, if you signed a contract, you're a contract soldier, which means you can be sent anywhere. And something tells me the contract won't stipulate that your service will take place exclusively in the Leningrad Region.
    Therefore, there will be few signatories. Is this a draft for the sake of a draft? The governor is faking his work...
    1. +2
      April 17 2026 17: 02
      Quote: Naofumi
      The contract will not stipulate that service will take place exclusively in the Leningrad Region

      In the Bryansk region, there's a BARS unit made up of locals. Its members deploy to the border to guard the border and intercept drones. They only get a good salary for duty. The pay for days spent at the base is meager. I haven't heard of anyone from the unit being sent to Kupyansk or anywhere else for assault operations. They operate only within the borders of their home region.
      1. +2
        April 17 2026 17: 33
        In the Bryansk region, there's a BARS unit made up of locals. Its members deploy to the border to guard the border and intercept drones. They only get a good salary for duty. The pay for days spent at the base is meager. I haven't heard of anyone from the unit being sent to Kupyansk or anywhere else for assault operations. They operate only within the borders of their home region.


        BARS is not a standard contract with the Ministry of Defense for service in the Russian Armed Forces, but a contract for service in a volunteer unit. Standard contracts for such units (for example, in Bryansk or Kursk) explicitly stipulate that they carry out missions exclusively within the region, protecting facilities and combating UAVs. Transferring a "Barsik" to another region for an assault without their consent is legally much more difficult than transferring a regular contract soldier.

        One of the main differences between BARS and a regular contract is the ability to terminate it at will at any time (if this is stipulated in the terms of a specific regional recruitment, as in Bryansk). If they order you to go to Kupyansk tomorrow, you simply submit a resignation and leave. A regular contract soldier can't do this until the end of mobilization.
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          1. +1
            April 17 2026 18: 02
            Then there shouldn’t be the same benefits for contract soldiers from Bars and contract soldiers from the Ministry of Defense.

            In fact, they're not the same. Payments from the Ministry of Defense and regional bonuses for front-line duty add up to a completely different figure than duty at a base in the rear.
            1. -3
              April 17 2026 18: 05
              However, benefits are not just payments.
              Then all residents of the border regions, especially Kursk, should be given the opportunity to participate in the military action.
        2. 0
          April 17 2026 23: 24
          Quote: Naofumi
          One of the main differences between BARS and a “linear” contract

          Drozdenko explicitly spoke about the "reservist scheme" (Article 57.2 of Federal Law No. 53). So, it's not about a "linear contract." People will be employed at enterprises and will be listed in the Ministry of Defense reserves. Before they can be deployed to the air assaults, they will have to be mobilized first. But in my opinion, sending air defense specialists to the air assaults makes no sense—who will shoot down the drones then?
          1. 0
            April 18 2026 03: 18
            Quote: rytik32
            In order to send people into assaults, they must first have will mobilize.

            Why is this? Each military district has a reserve command, to which all local BARS units are assigned. They are used primarily to reinforce line units, and only then do the "mobiles" and volunteers come in.
            There's no point in sending air defense specialists to the assaults; who will shoot down the drones then?

            They'll gladly send them away, just like they previously sent two drone-driving bloggers as stormtroopers...
            1. 0
              April 18 2026 09: 06
              Quote: commbatant
              Why is that?

              Re-read 53-FZ
              Now we're talking about reservists.
          2. +1
            April 18 2026 07: 53
            Drozdenko explicitly spoke about the "reservist scheme" (Article 57.2 of Federal Law No. 53). So, it's not about a "linear contract." People will be employed at enterprises and will be listed in the Ministry of Defense reserves. Before they can be deployed to the air assaults, they will have to be mobilized first. But in my opinion, sending air defense specialists to the air assaults makes no sense—who will shoot down the drones then?

            The governor can swear on his mother's word when he promises service "in the district," but his words can't be backed up by action. In military law, only what's written in the contract and in the Ministry of Defense orders matters.
            If a person is assigned to the mobilization reserve under Federal Law 57.2-53, they legally become a service member at the disposal of the Ministry of Defense. And there's a one-man command system in place: today you're an electronic warfare operator near Gatchina, and tomorrow an order comes out, and you're a "scarce specialist" in the SVO zone. The governor simply doesn't have the authority to prohibit the General Staff from redeploying a unit if such a directive is issued.
            Therefore, all these verbal guarantees are nothing more than marketing to meet the recruitment quota. Until the contract itself explicitly prohibits movement outside the Russian Federation (which the Ministry of Defense will never sign), the risk of going on an assault remains real.
            1. 0
              April 18 2026 09: 01
              Quote: Naofumi
              By law, he becomes a military serviceman at the disposal of the Ministry of Defense

              No. After signing a contract, a person becomes a reservist. They can still work in civilian jobs. In our case, for example, at a Transneft subsidiary.
              In order for it to be at the disposal of the Ministry of Defense, it must be mobilized.
              1. +1
                April 18 2026 11: 36
                No. After signing a contract, a person becomes a reservist. They can still work in civilian jobs. In our case, for example, at a Transneft subsidiary.
                In order for it to be at the disposal of the Ministry of Defense, it must be mobilized.



                Your logic would work in peacetime, but you're forgetting one "small" detail: Partial mobilization in Russia has not officially ended. Decree No. 647 remains in effect.
                Now watch your hands:

                1. The reservist is already in the system. To be available to the Ministry of Defense, they don't need to be "caught" with a summons. They've already voluntarily signed a contract and agreed to be called up at the first request.

                2. Instant status. Orders to call up reservists from the mobilization reserve during the ongoing mobilization are issued in batches. Yesterday you were a Transneft employee, and this morning an order arrived—and you're already a full-fledged service member. No options or discussions.

                3. The promise trap. The governor can promise to protect factories, but he doesn't command an army. As soon as a reservist dons a uniform, he obeys the orders of the Ministry of Defense. And if the General Staff is more concerned with plugging a hole at the front than guarding a pipeline in Ust-Luga, the reservist will go where he's ordered.

                That's the risk: you sign up for "part-time work" and "home security," but in reality, you're agreeing in advance to be sent anywhere, as soon as those at the top decide you're needed more. The governor is simply fulfilling his recruitment quota, and people will pay for his "guarantees" with their lives.
  13. +4
    April 17 2026 16: 46
    A three-year contract. Why not a year with an extension if necessary? Are we planning to fight for at least another three years?
    These groups will be placed at the disposal of military units stationed in the Leningrad Region.
    But they will receive wages as employees of the enterprise where they are registered.
    Depending on the reservist's decision, he will have to remain in barracks for two to six months.
    There is doubt that they will return home after the barracks, and not go to the front as a subdivision of the military unit at whose disposal they are.
    As they say, look carefully at what is written in very small print, or better yet, show it to a lawyer.
    1. 0
      April 17 2026 20: 45
      Quote: Personal opinion
      A three-year contract. Why not a year with an extension if necessary? Are we planning to fight for at least another three years?

      "Not quite." In about three years (according to foreign NATO military experts), the SVO will evolve into something else, and so that no one needs to be hunted down, everyone will be at their combat post. Whether the post is maintained is irrelevant; the main thing is that the guys are there so they can be sent somewhere to set up anti-tank defenses or organize a "defensive strip" in the forests of the Leningrad Region. Think and reason.
    2. 0
      April 18 2026 15: 55
      Everything new is a well-forgotten old. When the contract service was created, there were, I believe, two types of contracts. One of them was within the district boundaries. The Duma should be tasked with this—it will quickly adopt the necessary changes.
      And the Russian National Guard will be able to solve these problems. The rest is a matter of technology.
  14. +4
    April 17 2026 17: 23
    Well, let him sign the contract himself and bring ALL his officials with him! It could take months to find a cleaning lady, but they'll find a governor before the coffee gets cold, and there's even a line!
  15. 0
    April 17 2026 18: 02
    A brilliant solution. They allow the sprat-like creatures to open their airspace to enemy pig-flying aircraft with impunity, and the holes are plugged with contract soldiers. Excellent cover for military-political cuckoldry.
    1. +2
      April 17 2026 18: 32
      That's how it will be, and perhaps there will be mobilization.
      1. -2
        April 17 2026 20: 51
        Quote: Nastia Makarova
        That's how it will be, and perhaps there will be mobilization.

        Everything will be alright, the main thing is that no one will run away from the West or the North of the country, and it's their own fault, their own fault. The Party and the Government offered you a "Far Eastern hectare," and you were still being stubborn, so you'll end up becoming a nurse.
  16. 0
    April 18 2026 00: 53
    MOSCOW, October 13 – RIA Novosti. The effectiveness of Ukrainian mobile counter-drone teams is close to zero, admitted Oleh Petrenko, head of the fund that supplies the Third Army Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
    On the one hand, this is good, but on the other hand, we are stepping on the same rake.
    1. 0
      April 18 2026 01: 45
      RF and country-U are ABOUT MONEYPeace, war - it doesn't matter, it's all about MONEY for us. If they give us money for war, we fight. If they give us more for peace, we make peace. If they go to war again, we'll go killing again.

      The Euro-oligarchs are biting their nails and elbows, watching their Russian and Ukrainian comrades grow rich. Now they'll stockpile weapons and, in 2030, join in the enrichment from the bones.
  17. 0
    April 18 2026 16: 57
    Everything new is a well-forgotten old. When the contract service was created, there were, I believe, two types of contracts. One of them was within the district. The Duma should be tasked with this—it will quickly adopt the necessary changes.
    And the Russian National Guard will be able to solve these problems. The rest is a matter of technology.
    The border outpost can only report using the password "Air." And we are prohibited from firing at the neighboring state. The idea of ​​placing air defense posts at the outposts is a good one, but someone has abandoned the existing principle of protecting the state border.