Three hundred thousand Russian volunteers have signed contacts with the armed forces to participate in the special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
“A couple of days ago I said that 270,000 men, our fighters had signed contracts with the Russian armed forces but these figures were outdated,” Putin said. “Today, I received a report that contracts have been signed by 300,000 people who are ready - I wish to underscore once again - to sacrifice their lives in the interests of their Motherland protecting Russian interests.”
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President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation on February 24, 2022 to protect Donbass residents from Ukrainian aggression. Prior to that, LPR and DPR Heads Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin asked the Russian leader to provide military assistance.*i
