Russian State Duma deputy suggests electric scooters for Ukraine front
Deputy of the State Duma from the "United Russia" faction Maksym Ivanov proposed sending "additional electric scooters to the war in Ukraine." It turns out that one platoon is already using such a solution.
Ivanov shared his idea on Telegram. "By communicating directly with participants of the special operation and unit commanders, I learn interesting, sometimes non-obvious details from military life," he begins his post.
Electric scooters for soldiers
"It turns out that in some places on the front line, there is a demand for electric scooters. One of the commanders requested several of these for the grenade launcher platoon to move between positions silently" he adds.
The unit responsible for mining also made a similar request. One of the soldiers stated that he could load up to four anti-tank mines onto such a scooter.
The United Russia deputy included a photo in his post, probably showing a warehouse of old devices in Yekaterinburg. "To put it mildly, there is an excess of scooters. I thought about it. Would it not be appropriate to send some of this equipment to the boys?"
Ivanov promised to "discuss this topic with colleagues from the State Duma," after which he will submit an appropriate request to the "leading services."
Thousands of units of confiscated equipment
Earlier, the director of the Federal Bailiff Service of the Russian Federation (FSSP), Dmitry Aristov, informed that the FSSP transferred over 190,000 units of confiscated property to the Ministry of Defence to send to the war. Among the items transferred are cars, boats, construction and computer equipment, wood, tobacco products, and many more. Courts confiscated this property from citizens for criminal and administrative offenses they committed.
In May, a bill regarding the transfer of confiscated firearms to the military was submitted to the State Duma. One of the authors, Andrey Turchak, said that such firearms would also be sent to Ukraine. A little later, the governor of the Komi Republic, Vladimir Uyba, called on residents to "hand over personal weapons to the Russian army to help it repel drone attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
