Putin made a video address to the Russians.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin announced in a video message on September 21 partial mobilization in the country. According to the bloody president, the decree on partial mobilization has already been signed. Mobilization measures in the country that is killing the civilian population of Ukraine will begin today.
“Only citizens who are currently in the reserve and, first of all, those who served in the ranks of the Armed Forces, have certain military accounting specialties and relevant experience will be subject to conscription,” Putin said during his speech.
As reported, the State Duma of Russia introduces the concepts of “mobilization”, “martial law” and “wartime” into the country's criminal code. In addition to these, on the eve of the relevant draft law, many other amendments were made.
In Russia, the introduction of these amendments is associated with the possible holding of “referendums” in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The fact is that if regions where hostilities continue are annexed to the Russian Federation, this will actually be the introduction of martial law.
On February 24, Putin promised the Russians a special military operation, not general mobilization and martial law. Now the situation is completely different, and these amendments, in fact, only confirm the failure of “SVO”.
And the synchronicity with the applications for the “referendum” may show how Vladimir Putin wants to reboot and start the war from a clean slate, already defending his alleged territories. With the help of such a move, it is easier for him to present it to the Russians, so as not to look like a loser.
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Moreover, this the strategy satisfies the conditional “hawks” — war fans, military analysts, etc., who all the last days need joint mobilization and criticize Putin for his indecision “to go all the way”. According to the same Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, by accepting the “republics” and occupied territories as part of Russia, the Russian Federation will free its hands for any reactions and actions in the war with NATO and the West.< /p> Related video
In Russia, careful preparations were made for the annexation of the occupied Ukrainian territories. But the dates of “referendums” in the captured lands of the south and east of Ukraine are constantly being postponed. Read about why this is happening, about Moscow's motives, the expectations of the Russian leadership and Kyiv's actions in Volodymyr Kravchenko's article “Putin has problems with “referendums”: what plans of the Kremlin are thwarted by Ukraine”.
