President Vladimir Putin on Thursday visited a training center for mobilized Russians for the first time since announcing a partial military call-up on Sept. 21.

State television showed Putin visiting a shooting center in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, dressed in black, firing a newly developed sniper rifle and embracing military personnel.

Wearing ear defenders and goggles, Putin fired multiple shots from a Russian SVD sniper rifle lying under a camouflage net.

Putin then appeared to be leaving, but turned and asked one of the soldiers:

“What kind of family do you have?”

“A daughter. Five years old,” replied the mobilized soldier.

Putin hugged him and wished him “good luck”.

Military officials also showed Putin what mobilized men are equipped with and presented him with a number of men, some with open backpacks to show what they were carrying.

“Turn around in circles,” a commander said to a soldier, to show the Russian leader that the men were properly equipped.

“These are exceptional boots,” he added as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was accompanying Putin, inspected the shoes.

“Everything to fulfill the tasks,” said the commander.

The visit comes after reports that the men mobilized are ill-equipped, leading to some dissatisfaction.

Russian state news agencies said the commander-in-chief also “observed practical exercises” including fire drills, technical and medical training.

Shoigu, who stood by Putin’s side during the visit, gave him an update on the training of those convened in the draft, news outlets said.

More than 200,000 people have been drafted into the Russian army since Putin announced the mobilization campaign, the Defense Ministry said.

Russia’s mobilization aims to shore up Moscow’s forces in Ukraine after a series of military setbacks.