⚡️Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that partial mobilization activities in Russia have been completed.

⚡️Goal to mobilize 300,00 people in Russia completed, military will now accept only volunteers, Russian Defense Minister says

📌WATCH LIVE: Russian President Putin Meets Defense Minister Shoigu to Discuss Partial Mobilization

📹WATCH: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reports to Russian President Vladimir Putin that partial mobilization activities in Russia have been completed

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❗️Main points from Putin-Shoigu meeting:

▪️Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the goal to mobilize 300,000 people in Russia has been completed and military will now only accept volunteers;

▪️Shoigu reported that the average age of those called up as part of partial mobilization is 35 years;

▪️The Russian defense minister said that after military training, 82,000 of those connoscripted as part of the partial mobilization have already been sent to the active forces;

▪️Shoigu reported that there are 218,000 mobilized at training grounds and in the process of combat training;

▪️Russian President Vladimir Putin said that everything must be done to ensure that the instructions for improving the development of the armed forces are implemented in a short time;

▪️Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked everyone who joined the Russian Army during the partial mobilization for their loyalty to duty and patriotism.

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🇮🇶 2,700-year-old rock carvings discovered in Iraq

Archaeologists in northern Iraq last week unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees from the Assyrian Empire. The carvings on marble slabs were discovered by a team of experts in Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, who have been working to restore the site of the ancient Mashki Gate, which was bulldozed by Daesh* militants in 2016.

Daesh overran large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014 and carried out a campaign of systematic destruction of invaluable archaeological sites in both countries.

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* Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist organisation outlawed in Russia and many other states

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In 1986, along with Elvis, Chuck Berry and others, he made the inaugural class of inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and joined the Country Hall of Fame this year.

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