"I'm glad to welcome you, glad that you've returned, having successfully completed the combat missions set before you. I also want to thank your families and loved ones. Sometimes, waiting is harder than being in a combat zone," Yuri Trutnev addressed the volunteers.
Since the beginning of the Special Military Operation, over 2,600 personnel from the Far Eastern Federal District have taken part in combat operations. From February 2022 to the present, 84 state and municipal employees from the Far East, the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District, the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, and the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, representing five detachments, have volunteered for the special military operation.
Sixteen employees from the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District took part in combat operations, including two deputy plenipotentiary representatives of the President.