War in Ukraine: Russia announces the end of partial mobilization
Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, near Moscow, this Friday, October 28, 2022. AP - Mikhail Metzel
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On the occasion of a staging between President Vladimir Putin, ubiquitous these days, and the Russian Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, Moscow announced this Friday, October 28 that the partial mobilization launched in the country for the war in Ukraine had achieved its objectives.
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The task of recruiting 300,000 people has been accomplished
,” the Russian Defense Minister told Mr. Putin on Friday during an exchange broadcast on television.
"
No additional measures are planned
," added Mr. Shoigu, except of course for professional volunteers and soldiers.
According to the Minister, one month after the announcement of the mobilization on September 21, 218,000 reservists are being trained in Russian military bases, 41,000 are deployed in military units fighting in Ukraine, and 41,000 others are in training, but in a conflict zone.
Complicated mobilization
Vladimir Putin hailed the "
patriotism
" of the mobilized soldiers for the occasion.
Still civilians a few weeks ago, they must now make it possible to consolidate the Russian lines against the Ukrainian army, which has made territorial progress in eastern and southern Ukraine for two months.
The partial mobilization, decreed by the Head of State after a series of Russian military reverses in the northeast, has given rise since September to the departure of tens of thousands of Russians fleeing to neighboring countries, in particular Armenia, the Georgia and Kazakhstan.
Many messages and videos of mobilized soldiers complaining about their equipment, their training conditions, going so far as to say that they did not think they met the criteria for mobilization, or asking who was going to take care of their families. .
"
Inevitable
", Mr. Putin decided, turning the problems into opportunities: "
Based on the experience of conducting the special military operation, we must think about correcting the way in which all the components of the armed forces, including including the army, are built.
»
Mr. Zelensky's reaction
All eyes are on the city of Kherson and its surrounding districts.
The Russian occupation administration promised to make it a "fortress" to resist the offensive.
She also orchestrated with the army a vast operation of "
evacuation
", according to the term used, of civilians.
In the evening, the Ukrainian president reacted this Friday to the latest Russian announcements.
Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the state of unpreparedness of the reservists sent to combat is a sign that Moscow would "
quickly need a new wave of recruits
", in the face of the disappointments recorded.
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