Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that 50,000 Russian soldiers called up as part of his mobilisation drive were now fighting with combat units in Ukraine.
The Interfax news agency reported Putin saying 80,000 were “in the zone of the special military operation” and the rest of the almost 320,000 draftees were at training camps in Russia.
“We now have 50,000 in their combat units. The rest are not taking part in the fighting yet,” Putin added.
Putin announced in September a partial mobilization call up for hundreds of thousands of new fighters for the war after Ukraine recaptured large swathes of territory in a counter-offensive.
The move triggered an exodus of hundreds of thousands of Russians and triggered anti-war protests across the country.
Quadri Adejumo covers World News, Health, Climate & Humanitarian.
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