Belarus sends out conscription notices en masse

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Belarus sends out conscription notices en masse 30 June, 03:10 PM Belarussian enlistment offices denied this campaign (Photo:4esnok)

Belarussian citizens have started receiving conscription notices, local news outlet Zerkalo reported on June 30.

According to the report, notices are being served even to people who were previously deemed unfit for service.

“(The notice) arrived at work by fax – the original didn’t get to my home (address)…,” a Minsk reservist told Zerkalo.

“There were around ten of us there. We were called in for individual meetings with someone from the regiment we’re attached to, I think. Our personal information was verified, photos compared. (They) checked if we still had the same shoe and clothing size, confirmed our military specialties.”

Belarussian enlistment offices denied this campaign has anything to do with the war in Ukraine, and said it all is related to exercises and territorial defense training.

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hilfigertout on June 30th, 2022 at 12:57 UTC »

According to the report, notices are being served even to people who were previously deemed unfit for service.

Well that sounds like desparation. Also:

Belarussian enlistment offices denied this campaign has anything to do with the war in Ukraine, and said it all is related to exercises and territorial defense training.

Yeah. Real believable. Nothing to see here, just drafting people unfit for service for routine training exercises.

Edit: as one of the replies pointed out, this is not a mobilization order. People just have to report to an office to determine whether they're fit for service. People unfit for service are not being sent to the front lines (yet), but Belarus is obviously preparing for a draft.

LastOneLeftX on June 30th, 2022 at 12:55 UTC »

"Belarussian enlistment offices denied this campaign has anything to do with the war in Ukraine, and said it all is related to exercises and territorial defense training."

-rrriiight

dbrodbeck on June 30th, 2022 at 12:50 UTC »

One wonders, is it a good idea to give a bunch of conscripts guns if they are not that fond of you? The large number of conscripts in St Petersburg and Moscow was a real problem in 1917 for the Russian government, just saying...