٠٠:٠٤:٢١Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said 300,000 reservists would be called up during partial mobilisation, as announced by President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday.
"We have a huge mobilisation resource, a resource of those who have served, those who have combat experience, those who have military specialties. We have almost 25 million of them. So you can understand that this mobilisation, partial mobilisation is one percent or more, 1.1 percent of total mobilisation resource," he said.
"The line of contact itself, may be termed the front line or the line of contact, is more than a thousand kilometres. Certainly, what is behind and what is along this line has to be secured, these territories have to be controlled. Of course that is what this work is all about," he continued.
The defence minister also said that the partial mobilisation would not affect university students.
"We are not talking about any mobilisations, or calls of students. Let everybody attend classes and study in peace. No one will draft them or mobilise them," he confirmed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the mobilisation was to protect the sovereignty of both Russia and four regions set to hold referenda on joining the federation.
The local administrations in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR), and those set up in Zaporozhye and Kherson after they came under Russian control, will hold votes in the coming days.
Putin vowed to support the results, accusing the West of trying to "block and suppress any sovereign independent centres of development".
Western leaders have described the referenda as a 'sham', while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they will have no impact on Kiev's stance or goals.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Russia: 300,000 reservists to be called up in partial mobilisation - Shoigu
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said 300,000 reservists would be called up during partial mobilisation, as announced by President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday.
"We have a huge mobilisation resource, a resource of those who have served, those who have combat experience, those who have military specialties. We have almost 25 million of them. So you can understand that this mobilisation, partial mobilisation is one percent or more, 1.1 percent of total mobilisation resource," he said.
"The line of contact itself, may be termed the front line or the line of contact, is more than a thousand kilometres. Certainly, what is behind and what is along this line has to be secured, these territories have to be controlled. Of course that is what this work is all about," he continued.
The defence minister also said that the partial mobilisation would not affect university students.
"We are not talking about any mobilisations, or calls of students. Let everybody attend classes and study in peace. No one will draft them or mobilise them," he confirmed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the mobilisation was to protect the sovereignty of both Russia and four regions set to hold referenda on joining the federation.
The local administrations in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR), and those set up in Zaporozhye and Kherson after they came under Russian control, will hold votes in the coming days.
Putin vowed to support the results, accusing the West of trying to "block and suppress any sovereign independent centres of development".
Western leaders have described the referenda as a 'sham', while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they will have no impact on Kiev's stance or goals.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said 300,000 reservists would be called up during partial mobilisation, as announced by President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday.
"We have a huge mobilisation resource, a resource of those who have served, those who have combat experience, those who have military specialties. We have almost 25 million of them. So you can understand that this mobilisation, partial mobilisation is one percent or more, 1.1 percent of total mobilisation resource," he said.
"The line of contact itself, may be termed the front line or the line of contact, is more than a thousand kilometres. Certainly, what is behind and what is along this line has to be secured, these territories have to be controlled. Of course that is what this work is all about," he continued.
The defence minister also said that the partial mobilisation would not affect university students.
"We are not talking about any mobilisations, or calls of students. Let everybody attend classes and study in peace. No one will draft them or mobilise them," he confirmed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the mobilisation was to protect the sovereignty of both Russia and four regions set to hold referenda on joining the federation.
The local administrations in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR), and those set up in Zaporozhye and Kherson after they came under Russian control, will hold votes in the coming days.
Putin vowed to support the results, accusing the West of trying to "block and suppress any sovereign independent centres of development".
Western leaders have described the referenda as a 'sham', while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they will have no impact on Kiev's stance or goals.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.