Russia readies recruits for Ukraine battle, urges evacuation of Kherson
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Recruits hold their weapons during a military training at a firing range in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A recruit fires a Russian man-portable missile during a military training at a firing range in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A recruit fires a machine gun during a military training at a firing range in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A recruit holds his weapon during a military training at a firing range in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man runs with a Kalashnikov assault rifle at short-term courses, where everyone can be able to receive military skills during theoretical and practical training is provided at a military range in Rostov-on-Don region, southern Russia, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman prepares to fire from a Kalashnikov assault rifle at short-term courses where everyone can be able to receive military skills during theoretical and practical training is provided at a military range in Rostov-on-Don region, southern Russia, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Evacuees from Kherson gather upon their arrival at the railway station in Dzhankoi, Crimea, Friday, Oct. 21. Russian authorities have encouraged residents of Kherson to evacuate, warning that the city may come under massive Ukrainian shelling.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman, an evacuee from Kherson, holds her cat as she exits a bus upon her arrival at the railway station in Dzhankoi, Crimea, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman hods her child as other evacuees from Kherson gather upon their arrival at the railway station in Dzhankoi, Crimea, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Evacuees from Kherson gather upon their arrival at the railway station in Dzhankoi, Crimea, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Firefighters stand next to a building that was damaged after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man stands next to a truck that carries the remains of a missile after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian emergency service member stands next to a truck that carries the remains of a missile after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A prisoner, one of 14 released by Ukraine as a prisoner swap, is greeted by people in Novoazovsk, separatist Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People greet 14 prisoners released by Ukraine as a prisoner swap, in Novoazovsk, separatist Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People stand outside a bar in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 21. Russia has declared its intention to increase its targeting of Ukraine's power, water and other vital infrastructure in its latest phase of the nearly 8-month-old war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Moscow's forces have destroyed nearly a third of the country's power stations since Oct. 10.