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Russia ends mobilisation as Seoul denies arms to Kyiv
Summary
A look back at two statements on 28 October 2022 concerning Russia's reservist call-up and South Korea's position on Ukraine.
What did Moscow and Seoul say about the war in Ukraine on 28 October 2022? Two announcements stood out that day.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the end of the mobilisation campaign, saying the target of 300,000 reservists had been reached.
Separately, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol denied that his country was sending weapons to Ukraine. His comments followed a reference to South Korea made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a conference on 27 October 2022.
The two statements came from different capitals and addressed different subjects: the scale of Russia's reservist call-up, and Seoul's stance on arms for Ukraine. Taken together, they show how the war's pressures were reaching beyond the battlefield on that date, in the form of Russian manpower policy and the diplomacy of a country not directly involved in the fighting.
