Russia Announces Completion of Call-Up for Ukraine

Russia Announces Completion of Call-Up for Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 28, 2022. Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/Handout via Reuters
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FRONTLINES NORTH OF KHERSON, Ukraine—Russia announced on Friday it was finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted 300,000 people in a month, with more than a quarter of them already sent to the battlefield.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was shown on state television informing President Vladimir Putin that 82,000 reservists were now deployed in the conflict zone and another 218,000 had entered training.