He said about half of the $300 million additional reserve was for environmental claims.

The charge and the additional reserves will cause the bank to post a loss for the quarter just ended.

Active personnel were estimated as 295,000 in 2011, with an additional 314,000 reserves.

In addition, there are substantial additional domestic reserves of natural gas that can be developed.

They still need to prove additional reserves, specifically in eastern Siberia.

Active forces now number about 81,000 soldiers, with an additional reserve of 32,000 troops.

But not all bankers or analysts agreed yesterday that additional reserves would be needed.

The company said additional reserves might be necessary to cover employee severance and other items.

To be sure, the banks are likely to argue that additional reserves are not the best route at this point.

A major question is how much additional reserves are enough?