READ MORE: Russians being sent to war with 'old, rusty and mouldy weapons from Somali pirates'“I am ashamed that this is happening at a time when, on the contrary, we should be united,” the governor added. “We must fight not against each other, but against real threats.”The attacker has since identified himself on the social media platform Telegram as 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin, according to Reuters.He reportedly claimed to have been upset about his friend being conscripted, prompting him to launch the attack.A witness who was present at the shooting said the gunman declared "Nobody is going anywhere" before opening fire, and said the recruiting commander had given a “clumsy” pep talk for the men assembled in the office to go off to battle in Ukraine before the attack began.This is the latest in a swathe of desperate attempts by potential Russian conscripts to flee after Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation, meaning up to 30,000 more troops could be sent into battle including Russian civilians.In a similarly dramatic incident, a man was rushed to hospital after he set himself on fire to avoid being sent off to the front lines in Ukraine.Video footage taken of the incident shows the man catching fire before running around as horrified witnesses watched on.The man was reportedly heard shouting "I don't want to go to the front", seemingly referring to the front lines of the Ukraine war - as well as laughing and "behaving inappropriately", according to Russian news outlet YA62.He was rushed to hospital following the event, where it was discovered that 90% of his body was covered in burns and he was treated with oxygen."Today our armed forces are operating across a frontline that exceeds 1,000 km, opposing not only.
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