All mobilisation activities in Russia will come to an end in two weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a press conference following the summits in Kazakhstan’s Astana.
According to Putin, 223,000 people have been drafted under the “partial mobilisation” out of the planned 300,000.
He added that 33,000 drafted soldiers were already placed in military units, while 16,000 were completing military tasks. The line of contact is 1.1 kilometre long, it is impossible to defend it with only contract servicemen, Putin claims. Nevertheless, he emphasised that “all draftees must go through mandatory training” and promised to order Russia’s Security Council to conduct a corresponding inspection.
The Russian head of state clarified that the Ministry of Defence had not increased the previously-announced mobilisation plan — to draft 300,000 people.