About ten thousand mobilized Russians returned home
About ten thousand Russians, drafted into the army on mobilization, returned home, said Andrei Kartapolov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense. According to him, which TASS gives , this happened "for various reasons." Vladimir Putin announced mobilization on September 21. On the same day, the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu said that about 300 thousand people are planning to call into the army. On October 14, Putin said that mobilization will end within two weeks.