Ukraine announces mobilisation drive as Russia advances in east

Ukraine's military has been under severe pressure of late, in part due to Russia's greater manpower.

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Russia has been advancing in the eastern Donetsk region and on Tuesday said it had fully captured the mining town of Selydove.

It also comes amid reports that a number of North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia.

Ukraine's military has been under severe pressure of late, in part due to Russia's greater manpower and deeper resources.

"There are plans to call up more than 160,000 people," the secretary of Ukraine's National Security Council, Oleksandr Lytvynenko, told parliament on Tuesday.

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