Pentagon to provide $275 million of additional assistance to Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks to a soldier as he visits a military training center of the Western Military District for mobilized reservists in Ryazan region, Russia, Oct. 20, 2022. (Photo: AP)

UKRAINE: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday said Russia had completed the mobilization of 300,000 reservists drafted to fight in Ukraine, and that 82,000 of those conscripted already had been sent to the front and another 218,000 were in “combat training.”