💰 Putin jabs at West over Ukraine war, says operation going to plan

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- Summary - Companies - Russia says it drafted 300,000 people in a month - U.S. says sending more weapons to Ukraine - Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he doubts call-up has finished - Battle looming in south, Ukraine claims gains in east FRONTLINES NORTH OF KHERSON, Ukraine, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it had finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands in a month and sending more than a quarter of them already to the battlefield after a divisive mobilisation campaign that was its first since World War Two.The United States, meanwhile, announced it would send another $275 million in military assistance to Ukraine, including arms, munitions and equipment from Pentagon inventories, bringing U.S. military assistance to the country under the Biden administration to more than $18.5 billion U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington was working to provide Ukraine with air defence capabilities it needs, with two initial sophisticated anti-aircraft NASAMS ready for delivery to the country next month.Serhiy Gaidai, the Ukrainian governor of Luhansk province, said on Friday Ukrainian troops had practically gained full control of an important road connecting Svatove and Kreminna, major towns seen as the next big battle front in the east.Sergey Aksyonov, the leader of Crimea, said work had been completed on moving residents seeking to flee Kherson to regions of Russia ahead of Ukraine's expected counter-offensive.Ukraine's general staff said hospital and business equipment was being removed from the area, while extra Russian forces were being deployed in empty homes."

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