Russian recruits take a bus near a military recruitment center in Krasnodar, Russia, Sunday, September 25, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a partial mobilization of reservists to beef up his forces in Ukraine. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Russian conscripted men attend a farewell ceremony outside a recruiting office in Bataysk, Rostov region, Russia, 26 September 2022. Russian President Putin has signed a decree on partial mobilization in the Russian Federation. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that 300,000 people would be called up as part of partial mobilization. On 24 February 2022 Russian troops entered the Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a “Special Military Operation”, starting an armed conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Arkady Budnitsky/EPA/EFE)





People bid farewell to reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation outside a recruitment office in the Siberian town of Tara in the Omsk region, Russia on September 26, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





Russian recruits gather inside a military recruitment center of Bataysk, Rostov-on-Don region, south of Russia, Monday, September 26, 2022. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A poster depicting a soldier with the slogan reading “Glory to the Heroes of Russia” in Moscow, Russia, 26 September 2022. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





Reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation attend a departure ceremony in Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 27, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on September 21 a mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of Russian men to bolster Moscow's army in Ukraine, sparking demonstrations and an exodus of men abroad. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Medical staff carry an injured person on a stretcher at the emergency department of the First Republican Clinical hospital to evacuate to Moscow, in Izhevsk, Russia, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. The plane of the Ministry of Emergency Situations will deliver victims of the shooting at school No. 88 in Izhevsk to Moscow hospitals. This was stated by the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. According to officials, 11 children were among those killed in the Monday morning shooting in School No. 88 in Izhevsk, a city 960 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow. (Photo by Dmitry Serebryakov/AP Photo)





Medical staff carry an injured person into an ambulance at the emergency department of the First Republican Clinical hospital to evacuate to Moscow, in Izhevsk, Russia, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Photo by Dmitry Serebryakov/AP Photo)





A woman says goodbye to a reservist drafted during the partial mobilisation, before his departure for a military base, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





Reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation attend a ceremony before departure for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





A woman holds a placard reading “Whole-heartedly with you” as reservists drafted during partial mobilisation depart for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





A woman reacts as reservists drafted during partial mobilisation depart for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





A woman says goodbye to a reservist drafted during the partial mobilisation, before his departure for a military base, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





Reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation attend a ceremony before departure for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





An Orthodox priest conducts a service for reservists drafted as part of the partial mobilisation, during a ceremony of their departure for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





A woman says goodbye to a reservist drafted during the partial mobilisation, before his departure for a military base, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





A woman reacts as reservists drafted during partial mobilisation depart for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





Reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation smoke next to buses as they depart for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





A reservist drafted during the partial mobilisation hugs children before his departure for a military base, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





A reservist drafted during the partial mobilisation says goodbye to a loved one through a bus window before his departure for a military base, in Sevastopol, Crimea on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)