Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Ryazan military training ground of the Western Military District with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, following the announcement of partial mobilization on September 21, which aims the enlistment of 300,000 people. Putin inspected the training of the soldiers, and received information from the commanders.

Putin, on the other hand, stated last week that 222,000 reserve soldiers have been recruited and that the process will be completed in 2 weeks. On October 17, the mobilization process was stated to have ended in Moscow.