Russian occupiers plan to strengthen the defense of the Crimea " This was reported by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine..

According to the GUR, the military commissariats of the Moscow and Leningrad regions, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, received instructions on the mass conscription of local residents for military service..

“The Muscovites and Petersburgers called up during covert mobilization will be equipped with military units stationed in the Crimea,” intelligence reports..

Also, in order to understaff the military units of the Russian Armed Forces in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and strengthen the defense of the peninsula, the commander of the Southern Military District, General of the Russian Army Alexander Dvornikov, decided to send 1,200 conscripts to Crimea.

Since there are no hostilities in the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea, these servicemen are not offered to sign a contract. Intelligence believes that this may indicate cost savings and unwillingness to pay all allowances defined by Russian law..

“1,200 conscripts will serve and die under the blows of Ukrainian troops and at the hands of partisans for the salary of a conscript, which is about 5,000 rubles (about $82),” the GUR reports..

The intelligence added that the savings of public funds of the Russian Federation will also occur due to non-payment of compensation in the event of the death of soldiers, because Moscow denies the participation of conscripts in hostilities..

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Recall that explosions have become more frequent in Crimea over the past few weeks. British military expert Glen Grant believes that the strikes of Ukrainian defenders on the logistics of the enemy on the peninsula are of great psychological importance.