PoliticsPutin backs proposal to let people with severe medical conditions serve in regional drone-defense units
Yevgeny Poddubny asked Vladimir Putin to let volunteers classified as Category D—normally exempt from military service because of severe, irreversible conditions such as blindness, bilateral deafness, or schizophrenia—join regional units defending facilities from Ukrainian drones. Putin said he supported the proposal. The request came amid denied rumors of a new mass mobilization wave.
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Putin backs proposal to let people with severe medical conditions serve in regional drone-defense units