But the opposite happened.
Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar said that the Russians announced the mobilization on September 21 in order to overshadow the story of the return from captivity of 215 Ukrainian defenders. She wrote about this on her Facebook page.
With the help of “simple tactics”, the Kremlin tried to replace the topic of the return of the military with the topic of mobilization. According to Malyar, they wanted to announce its implementation on September 20, but decided to do it on the day of the exchange.
“However, it worked the other way around – the informational effect doubled. There was no absorption or interruption of the topic,” Malyar wrote.
Read also : People who are more than people have returned: reaction to the exchange of prisoners of war
Recall that on the evening of September 21, a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war took place in the Chernihiv region.215 Ukrainian soldiers returned home, including defenders of “Azovstal”. Among them are also commanders of the Mariupol garrison – Denys Prokopenko (call sign “Radis”), Svyatoslav Palamar and Serhii Volynskyi. All of them will be in Turkey under the personal protection of President Recep Erdogan until the end of the war against Ukraine.
See the special topic: Expert explained why yesterday's exchange is a blow to Putin's mobilization It can be disrupted by the end of the week. Come on: In the occupied territories of Luhansk region, the mobilization is not partial, they take away all the men they can find According to the head of the OVA, the occupiers are in a bad mood because of the failed “mobilization” . It will end with the overthrow of Putin – Slovakia's defense minister on mobilization in the Russian Federation He called the Russian president's speech the day before pathetic. North Korea said it has never supplied arms or ammunition to Russia The country also accused the US of “tarnishing” its image. “We will not rest until Ukraine wins”: Truss reacted to the mobilization in the Russian Federation by increasing military aid She criticized the actions of Russian President Putin.
