A new wave of partial mobilization in Ukraine will start on January 20, 2015 and will draft nearly 50,000 reservists and conscripts, Defense Ministry's spokesman Viktoria Kushnir reported.

"Mobilization will begin on January 20…Officers and military specialists in reserve will be drafted. They will undergo training at Armed Forces of Ukraine training bases. The training will last for 25 days. Then all of them will undergo team training," she said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.