Russia's top prosecutor criticizes mass mobilization, telling Putin to his face that more than 9,000 were illegally sent to fight in Ukraine

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 07:06

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. — Russian President Vladimir Putin (l) and Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Russia's prosecutor general told Putin more than 9,000 mobilized troops were called up illegally.
In a face-to-face meeting, he said their health was why many shouldn't have been sent to fight in Ukraine.
Reports last year said Russia had called up students, elderly people, and those with health issues.

In a sitdown meeting with Russia's president, the country's prosecutor general said that thousands of troops who were mobilized to fight in Ukraine last year were conscripted illegally.