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Putin's partial mobilization decision is "forced, but timely and absolutely necessary," Moscow mayor says

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Aniruddha Chakraborty
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Putin's partial mobilization decision is "forced, but timely and absolutely necessary," Moscow mayor says

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The mayor of Moscow on Monday expressed his support for President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on immediate partial mobilization of Russian citizens, and said that he would extend his city’s “material support” to anyone who is called up under the new decree. "I consider the Presidential Decree on partial mobilization to be forced, but timely and absolutely necessary," Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, adding that "several thousand volunteers from Moscow are already taking part in the fighting with weapons in their hands." 

Sobyanin also expressed hope that the separatist-held Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk will soon join Russia. “I hope that soon, following the results of the referendum, they will become part of our Russian family,” he said.

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