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About 2 million Russian reservists will undergo training to guard critical infrastructure from increased Ukrainian drone attacks, Defense Ministry officials said.
- On October 22, Vice Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky said Russia's Defence Ministry proposed sending reservists on special training to guard energy facilities, transport hubs and oil refineries.
- Heightened threats from long-range UAVs prompted Tsimlyansky to highlight increased strikes on critical infrastructure and residential areas by Ukrainian armed formations, while officials said they aim to involve the most trained citizens to protect civilian life-support facilities.
- Before deployment, reservists will undergo firearms, engineering and medical training under Defense Ministry instructors with combat experience, and call-ups would happen by presidential decree while regional employers retain jobs and pay during training.
- The defence ministry was explicit that reservists will not be involved in the Kremlin's `special military operation` nor used outside Russia's borders, and Tsimlyansky said the changes do not amount to mobilisation.
- Currently, Russia fields around 700,000 fighting in Ukraine and 2 million active reserves, while President Vladimir Putin ordered the regular army expansion to 1.5 million.
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Russia Deploys Reservists to Guard Oil Refineries and Power Plants from Drone Attacks
Russia’s Defense Ministry has proposed sending reservists on “special training” rotations to protect energy facilities, transport hubs, oil refineries and other critical infrastructure from drone attacks—strictly within their home regions, Vice Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky said at a briefing on October 22. “The draft law clarifies the purposes for using reservists—it provides for their dispatch to special training to protect life-support facilit…
Russia to ask reservists to defend refineries after Ukrainian attacks
Russia's army top brass said on Wednesday it would seek to use reservists to defend civilian infrastructure such as oil refineries after a sharp rise in Ukrainian drone attacks deep into Russia over recent months.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the call of reservists to protect against attacks by UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: EADaily
EADaily, October 22nd, 2025. To protect life-support facilities in the regions of Russia, it was decided to attract reservists, said today, October 22, Deputy Head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Vice Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky.
"Reservists are citizens who previously served in the armed forces or other law enforcement agencies and voluntarily signed an agreement to remain in the reserve (...) It is possible to send them to protect facilities responsible for life, energy, transport, oil refineries and other (elements – editor's note) infrastructure only in their region," [said Cymlański, quoted by The Moscow Times].(https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/22/minoboroni-anons…
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