Putin has called for mistakes in Russia's ongoing military mobilisation for the offensive in Ukraine to be corrected Here is a report on his comments and growing discontent over the conscription, from AFP:
There have been cases of the mobilisation of elderly people, students, sick or conscripts without military experience, according to Russian media and social networks.
The drive has sparked protests and the flight of thousands of men abroad.
Putin said on Thursday that we need to correct all the mistakes and make sure they don't happen again.
The president gave the example of fathers of large families, people suffering from serious illnesses or very old people being summoned despite these groups being exempted legally.
If a mistake has been made, it must be corrected and those who were summoned without an appropriate reason should come home, Putin said.
On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted that there had been mistakes in the mobilisation, which was supposed to focus on 300,000 reservists with military experience or useful skills, such as truck drivers.
More than 2,400 people have been arrested in protests against the mobilization in Russia since it was announced on September 21st, according to the OVD-Info organisation.
Many Russians have also chosen to flee the country, leading to large queues at the borders of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Finland.
Many flights were booked up.