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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkrainian president announces general mobilization of all conscripts and reservists to last 90 days
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ordered a general military mobilization throughout the country as Russia continues its large-scale military assault in Ukraine.
The declaration ordered the conscription of conscripts and reservists for military service, as well as their delivery to military units and institutions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to "ensure the defense of the state."
The mobilization, which included all of Ukraine's major cities, will be carried out within 90 days, the decree said. It will provide personnel, vehicles, infrastructure, and land use for the Ukrainian government and military amid Russia's ongoing invasion, according to the decree.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-president-announces-general-mobilization-2022-2?op=1
It appears that two convoys of Russian military were heading south towards Kyiv, one on each side of the Dnieper River. The Ukrainians blew up one bridge already to stop them:
Ukrainian military blew up a bridge near Kyiv and stopped a column of Russian tanks coming from Ivankiv.
The President's Office confirmed the report that a column of Russian tanks broke through near Ivankiv and was heading to Kyiv from Vyshgorod.
"Tanks are coming. We are fighting. Fights are coming," the President's Office said.
At the same time, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told Ukrinform that the convoy of tanks had been stopped.
"The bridge was blown up, we stopped them," the General Staff said.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3412269-ukrainian-military-blow-up-bridge-near-kyiv-stopping-column-of-russian-tanks-from-ivankiv.html
msongs
(73,755 posts)blue-wave
(5,135 posts)He is now calling up all reservists.