'With the beginning of partial mobilization, the Russian Defense Ministry encountered certain difficulties,' Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Shoigu, during a discussion between Putin and Russia's top military officials, acknowledged that his ministry faced difficulties after the"With the beginning of partial mobilization, the Russian Defense Ministry encountered certain difficulties," the minister said in Moscow.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attends an expanded meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry Board at the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, on December 21, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the conflict in Ukraine as a"shared tragedy" but placed blame for the outbreak of hostilities on Ukraine and its allies, not Moscow.
"The mobilization training system itself was not fully adapted to the new economic relations. Therefore, with the beginning of partial mobilization, we encountered difficulties in alerting and calling up citizens who were in reserve. All the shortcomings had to be corrected on the go," Shoigu explained.
After Putin announced a"partial" military mobilization on September 21, Shoigu said Russia would be targeting 300,000 reservists and ex-military personnel with"certain military specialties and relevant experience."The Kremlin said on October 31 that the partial mobilization had ended. A U.S.
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