Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged Emergency Situations Ministry (EMERCOM) officials to step up the efforts to set up EMERCOM territorial bodies in the new Russian regions.
“It’s important to expedite the work towards establishing EMERCOM territorial bodies, in first place in the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics and Zaporozhye and Kherson regions,” Putin said in a video address to a meeting of EMERCOM officials. “The firefighting and other rescue services and units must be well-equipped and provide effective assistance to people.”
He asked the EMERCOM leadership to pay greater attention to this work. “It is important to improve the civil defense system while taking into account new challenges and experience in this work in the DPR and the LPR as well as in liberated areas,” the head of state added.
The Lugansk People’s Republic, Donetsk People’s Republic and Zaporozhye and Kherson regions acceded to Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referenda.*i*v
