Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced Friday the end of the partial mobilization decreed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the midst of the war in Ukraine after recruiting some 300,000 people.
«The dispatch of citizens summoned for mobilization was completed today. Notification of citizens was stopped. No additional tasks are planned,» the Russian Defense Minister said, as reported by the Interfax news agency.
According to the data provided by Shoigu, about 82,000 Russians have been mobilized to the Ukrainian front. Russia will continue to recruit troops only by accepting volunteers and candidates for military service under contract.
