mobilizing 1000s of Russians
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Real number is 2.1 million, but not all will be conscripted.
I wonder if anyone has thought about the Russians being mobilized are to replace regular Russian Army units from around the country, in the east where little chance of invasion is possible and are being sent to the Ukrainian Front.
It stands to reason that Russia has troops all over the country, especially in the far east that could be redeployed to Ukraine and these conscripts will be used to replace those units and not sent to Ukraine as cannon fodder.
2.1 million would not surprise me but what will this get him. A bunch of untrained unmotivated cannon fodder, as with most wars the people support them till it starts affecting them. White Russia has been fine with this war so long as the ethnic Russians and not them were coming home in body bags and they don’t suffer any inconvenience but that is changing and the so called solid Russian economy is cracking. When the lines start and the inconveniences hit them the support will stop. Also do you think China is not watching all this unfold as well as other Russian regions with separatist ideas and see a weakened Russia and might take advantage. China for instance wants Taiwan back but knows that means war. Would west go to war with China if it decided to take eastern regions of Russia doubtful. How about Japan and the disputed islands….. IMO no matter how this washes out Russia has lost and the question is how Berlin bunker is Putin