Putin says some 244,000 Russian troops who were called up to fight in Ukraine are on the battlefield (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported 244,000 was the total number of Russian troops in Ukraine)

Putin says some 244,000 Russian troops who were called up to fight in Ukraine are on the battlefield (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported 244,000 was the total number of Russian troops in Ukraine)

MOSCOW — Putin says some 244,000 Russian troops who were called up to fight in Ukraine are on the battlefield (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported 244,000 was the total number of Russian troops in Ukraine).