“Already now, lists of over 500 volunteers with medical education have been formed in the Chechen Republic, who are ready to join colleagues if necessary,” he said in his Telegram channel.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko proposed to study the issue of recruiting women who have expressed a desire to become volunteers to work in hospitals.
According to him, men unfit for military service for health reasons can also be involved in volunteer activities and the collection of humanitarian aid.
On October 1, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that women would not be called up as part of partial mobilization in Russia.