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What did Russia say about mobilisation by 30 October 2022?
Summary
A look back at the claims about reservist numbers and South Korean arms that shaped the days before 30 October 2022.
Had Russia's mobilisation campaign really ended by 30 October 2022? That was the message from Moscow in the preceding days. On 28 October 2022, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that the mobilisation was over, saying that 300,000 reservists had been reached.
The same day, a separate diplomatic exchange unfolded. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol denied that his country was sending weapons to Ukraine. His denial followed a reference to South Korea made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a conference on 27 October 2022.
Taken together, the two developments marked the situation as it stood on 30 October 2022: Russia presented its reservist drive as complete, and Seoul publicly rejected suggestions that it was arming Kyiv.
