Citizens of Russia refuse to do military service in the army of the occupying country. Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, told about this in an interview with the Crimea.Realii project.

"If in the first months the same BARS - the "combat army reserve of the country", as they call it, was quite actively involved and we know how the formation of these battalions went and goes - now there are already signs that Russian citizens refuse to sign contracts. Those in BARS refuse to sign service contracts because they understand that they will immediately be sent to our territory to conduct hostilities," Vadym Skibitskyi explained.

When asked where in Russia most people refuse to sign contracts, the representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine noted that it primarily depends on which units have the most significant losses.

"People simply do not want to extend the contract and break it. Because legally, there is no war, there is a special operation that allows you not to renew the contract upon returning to your unit. And here lawyers, as they say, on the contrary, tell them how to do it correctly. Because if there was a war, it would be a completely different responsibility for not fulfilling the order," compared the representative of the GUR.

The Russian authorities deny plans for mobilization in connection with the war, but in many regions, they are actively recruiting volunteers to be sent to Ukraine.