Go to the media bankRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. File photoUN, Sep 22Ukraine has been carrying out «total» mobilization of the population into nationalist battalions for many years, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. and women in order to recruit them into the ranks of the nationalist battalions and armed forces of Ukraine,» the minister said, speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council. Partial mobilization has been announced in Russia by presidential decree since September 21. According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, it is needed to control the 1,000-kilometer line of contact and the liberated territories in Ukraine. Many Western leaders condemned this decision as an escalation of the conflict.
