Vladimir Putin is expected to meet on Sunday with mothers whose sons have been mobilized to fight in Ukraine.
faced a multitude of issues, ranging from inadequate training and equipment to the heavy casualties they were taking at the front.
"Most—though not all—mobilised reservists have previously served and numerous examples suggest that reservists are highly likely not having their medical status adequately reviewed and many are being compelled to serve with serious, chronic health conditions," it said. "Mobilized reservists have highly likely experienced particularly heavy casualties after being committed to dig ambitious trench systems while under artillery fire around the Luhansk Oblast town of Svatove," the update added.
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