AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Putin endorses plan to recruit blind, deaf, and severely disabled Russians for drone defense
Vladimir Putin has reportedly backed a proposal to enlist Russians classified as severely disabled, including the blind, deaf, and those missing limbs, into units tasked with shooting down drones over Moscow and front-line towns. The endorsement came at a meeting of Putin's United Russia party, where Kremlin-backed war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny pitched the idea of […] The post Putin endorses plan to recruit blind, deaf, and severely disabled Russians for drone defense appeared first on American Almanac .
Vladimir Putin has reportedly backed a proposal to enlist Russians classified as severely disabled, including the blind, deaf, and those missing limbs, into units tasked with shooting down drones over Moscow and front-line towns. The endorsement came at a meeting of Putin's United Russia party, where Kremlin-backed war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny pitched the idea of allowing volunteers with Russia's Category D medical classification to serve in regional drone defense roles. Category D covers individuals who are blind, deaf, living with active tuberculosis, schizophrenia, cancer, HIV, or who have lost limbs. Putin's response, as reported by The Sun , was brief and direct: "Zhen, I support it." The proposal has not been confirmed as…Open