Ukraine mobilizes 100,000 troops amid conflict with Russia

Ukraine has mobilized about 100,000 troops amid the conflict with Russia.

According to Valery Zaluzhny, chief commander of the armed forces of Ukraine, “About half of the mobilized forces belong to the Territorial Defense Forces of the armed forces of Ukraine.”

Earlier Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s deterrence forces to be placed on a special mode of combat duty in a meeting with top defense officials, accusing Western countries of imposing illegitimate sanctions against Russia’s economy.

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Xinhua