The foreign policy department of the Independent responded very strongly to the draft decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 27. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses strong protest over the intention of the Russian Federation to call for military service in the temporarily occupied territory of the Crimea and in Sevastopol (Ukraine)," the statement of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Also, for some reason, the agency attached the UN General Assembly resolution, in which the organization called on Moscow to fulfill its obligations under international humanitarian law, according to which "the occupying state," as Russia defines the current mayaid power, "is forbidden to compel citizens under protection to serve in its armed or auxiliary forces, as well as it is forbidden to exert pressure and conduct propaganda in favor of voluntary entry into the army ".

Recall, Putin signed a decree on the call to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for Russians aged 18 to 27 years from October 1 to December 31, 2017. in the number of 134 thousand people. As noted by the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", this is less than what was called earlier: a year ago - 152 thousand. , and in March 2017 - 142 thousand. young people. By the way, this spring for the first time since the reunification with Russia on the mainland went to serve only 28 Crimeans.