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Russia mobilizes 300,000 reservists: minister

Russia mobilizes 300,000 reservists: minister

Agence France-Presse

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Russian conscripts attend a military training at a ground training range in the Rostov-on-Don region in southern Russia, 21 October 2022. Russian President Putin announced in a televised address to the nation on 21 September, that he signed a decree on partial mobilization in the Russian Federation due to the conflict in Ukraine. Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said that 300,000 people would be called up for service as part of the move. EPA-EFE/ARKADY BUDNITSKY

MOSCOW - Russia mobilized 300,000 reservists in just over a month to join Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, a top official said Friday, after a call-up that triggered an exodus of men unwilling to fight.

President Vladimir Putin announced last month a partial mobilization to prop up his troops in Ukraine, where Russia has recently suffered defeats on the ground.

"The task of recruiting 300,000 people has been completed," Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a televised meeting with Putin.

Shoigu added that "no additional (mobilization) tasks are planned", but said Russia was still recruiting volunteers and soldiers under contract.

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Shoigu said 82,000 of the mobilized people were in Ukraine, with 41,000 of them deployed to military units.

A remaining 218,000 are undergoing training in Russia, Shoigu said.

Putin asked Shoigu to thank the mobilized troops for their "patriotism".

"I want to say thank you to them for their dedication to duty, for their patriotism," Putin said, and for "the fact that they will defend their country, and therefore their homes".

Reports of elderly, sick people and students mobilized sparked some outrage in Russia.

Putin acknowledged "inevitable" problems at the beginning of the call-up.

Shoigu assured him that all issues had been "fixed".

The mobilization announcement in late September triggered an exodus of men abroad and small protests in Russia.

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