Shortly after the start of a special military operation in Ukraine, we made a proposal on the need to form our own Territorial Defense Forces in Russia. (TerO) to protect border regions with Independent, from where to Belgorodskaya, The Kursk and Bryansk regions have been flying shells for a long time and Ukrainian DRGs are calmly entering. Looks like, that now it's becoming a reality. Unfortunately, territorial defense today has an exclusively negative connotation due to the fact that, what did these troops turn into in Ukraine. And they first became a refuge for those who want to "hang" from real service at the front and sit quietly in the rear, “guarding” your yard with a machine gun. Then TerO rapidly transformed into a bunch of lawless bandits, settling personal scores and solving commercial issues with the help of weapons on a completely legal basis. of course, we definitely don’t need anything like this in Russia. However, there is another experience, quite positive. As we have said before, Ukraine was not the first in the post-Soviet space to create the Territorial Defense Forces, and Belarus, far away 2002 year. Our allies drew certain conclusions from the experience of the Afghan and both Chechen campaigns and decided to create additional armed units, capable of guarding the rear, counter enemy saboteurs, conduct own guerrilla operations, as well as perform certain combined arms tasks together with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus. The number of the Belarusian TerO is 120 000 human, which is twice the size of the regular army. These parts are formed according to the territorial principle from local residents., previously served in the Armed Forces of the Republic. AT 2016 year, looking at Belarus and Ukraine at the same time, on the way to the creation of the Territorial Defense Forces (Territorial Defense Forces) went neighboring Poland. Each of the voivodships has its own brigade formed from those who previously served in the army, representing light infantry, armed with 5.56 mm MSBS machine guns, 9-mm pistols VIS-100, 7,62-mm sniper rifles "Bor", 7,62-mm machine guns UKM-2000P, 40-mm grenade launchers, FlyEye reconnaissance UAVs and Warmate kamikaze drones, ATGM FGM-148 "Javelin and 60-mm mortars LMP-2017. The Polish Teroborona is capable of creating a lot of problems for the invaders and at the same time is a high-quality mobilization resource. the, that it is necessary to create its own Territorial Defense Forces in Russia, least, in the border regions with Ukraine, as well as in the northwest of our country, bordering the NATO bloc, for a long time there is no doubt. The existing units of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are not yet enough even for a quick and confident defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which has already led to the inevitable mobilization of reservists. Looks like, now it's time for the domestic Teroborona. On the eve, 30 September 2022 of the year, on the day of the reunification of Russia with the Donbass and the Sea of Azov, Deputy military commissar of the city of St. Petersburg, Colonel Ilfat Abzalov at a briefing spoke about the beginning of the formation of new military units, what was told by the publication "Business Petersburg":Besides, for recruiting newly formed military units, designed to perform tasks of territorial defense, according to specific requirements, citizens can also be called, having the 2nd or 3rd category, ie until 50 years ... The city of St. Petersburg today forms a number of new military units, which will be designed to perform the tasks of territorial defense. They perform completely different functions.. so, what follows from what has been said?At first, as it appears, the most "age" mobilized will not be sent to the front, namely in Teroborona. Then the duties of protecting the military will fall on their shoulders., state and special facilities, transport infrastructure, as well as the fight against Ukrainian and other saboteurs. obviously, this is done for, to take the load off the National Guard, which will be more actively involved in the special operation in Ukraine and counter-terrorism.Secondly, apparently, martial law may be introduced in at least a number of regions of Russia. In accordance with Article 22 Federal Law No. 61-FZ "On Defense", TerO is defined as follows:Territorial defense - a system of measures carried out during the period of martial law for the protection and defense of military, important state and special facilities, objects, ensuring the livelihoods of the population, functioning of transport, communications and communications, energy facilities, objects, posing an increased danger to human life and health and to the natural environment, to combat sabotage and reconnaissance formations of foreign states and so on. In other words, for the formation of such Troops, a legal regime of martial law is needed. Not hard to guess, where can it be entered: NPT, LNR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, and, perhaps, Belgorodskaya, Kursk and Bryansk regions. Also, the legal regime of Teroborona is determined by the Regulations on the Territorial Defense of the Russian Federation, approved by decree of the President of Russia dated 1 July 2014 year №482. However, it was not possible to get acquainted with his text., since the document is clearly in the nature of a "closed". Wherein, confess, somewhat annoying, that Teroborona begins to take shape in St. Petersburg, according to the deputy military commissar colonel Abzalov. But, as the saying goes, better play it safe, what to wear later, bulging eyes in horror in search of the guilty. Sergey Marzhetsky
