A bottle with an incendiary mixture was thrown into the Murmansk military enlistment office

In Murmansk, on the night of February 23, they tried to set fire to the building of the military enlistment office. This was reported by the “Severpost” publication with reference to sources, the information was later confirmed by the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The fire department was notified around 04:45. A bottle with an incendiary mixture was thrown through the window, says the “Murmansk Dtp Chp” Telegram channel. Only the window frame with an area of ​​about half a square meter was burnt.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian army in Ukraine and the mobilization associated with it, attacks on the buildings of military enlistment offices and administrations have become more frequent in different cities of Russia. At least forty similar cases are known, criminal cases were initiated in several regions, Sever.Realii reminds.

• In Chernyakhovsk in the Kaliningrad region, the police detained a resident who is suspected of setting fire to a plaque at the local military enlistment office. In Cherepovets, the court sentenced two minor residents of the city to one and a half years of probation each for trying to set fire to the military enlistment office. In St. Petersburg, Maksym Asriyan is accused of setting fire to the military enlistment office, he was arrested and put on the list of terrorists and extremists. In Petrozavodsk, a resident tried to set fire to the police station with a Molotov cocktail. Presumably, she was persuaded to do this by a fraudster who presented himself as an employee of the Central Bank and promised to write off loan debts.
• The General Staff of the Russian Federation announced that cases of arson of military enlistment centers would be considered acts of terrorism and would be punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
• On January 31, in Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, Vladyslav Borysenko was sentenced to 12 years in prison for setting fire to a military enlistment office, the crime was classified as a terrorist act. This is the first such sentence in Russia.