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Russia military range shooting leaves 11 dead, 15 wounded

Oct 15, 2022, 3:28 PM | Updated: May 21, 2023, 4:31 pm

MOSCOW - MAY 9:  Russian military personnel, wearing Red Army uniforms, hold WWII era rifles as the...

MOSCOW - MAY 9: Russian military personnel, wearing Red Army uniforms, hold WWII era rifles as they march, in unison, in a military parade at Red Square May 9, 2006 in Moscow, Russia. Russians are celebrating the 61st anniversary of the Day of Victory over Nazi Germany during WWII. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentiev/Pressphotos/Getty Images)

(Photo by Mikhail Klimentiev/Pressphotos/Getty Images)

MOSCOW (AP) — Two men fired at soldiers on a Russian military firing range near Ukraine on Saturday, killing 11 and wounding 15 before being slain themselves, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said in a statement that the shooting took place in the Belgorod region in southwestern Russia that borders Ukraine. It said two men from an unnamed former Soviet republic fired on volunteer soldiers during target practice and were killed by return fire.

The ministry called the incident a terrorist attack.

The shooting comes amid a hasty mobilization ordered by President Vladimir Putin to beef up Russian forces in Ukraine — a move that triggered protests and caused hundreds of thousands to flee Russia.

Putin said Friday that over 220,000 reservists already had been called up as part of an effort to recruit 300,000. He promised the mobilization would be wrapped up in two weeks.

The mobilization was troubled from the start, with authorities issuing confusing signals about who should be called up for service in a country where almost all men under age 65 are listed as reservists.

Even though the Russian leader declared that only people who had recently served in the military would be subject to the call-up, activists and rights groups reported military conscription offices rounding up people without any army experience — some of whom were also unfit for service for medical reasons.

Some of the freshly called-up reservists posted videos of themselves being forced to sleep on the floor or even outside and given rusty weapons before being sent to the front lines.

Russian media reports said some of those who were mobilized were sent to combat without receiving proper training and were quickly killed.

Authorities have acknowledged the mobilization was often poorly organized and promised to improve the situation.

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Russia military range shooting leaves 11 dead, 15 wounded