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Originally Posted by WhiskeyOutpost ↗

I don't know. I could be wrong but I kind of doubt it... if he announces full mobilization, that's basically admitting to Russians that things have not gone well and they need to pour even more resources and manpower into this after extremely heavy casualties and equipment losses. Russians are largely now aware that this is a shit show and the government is not being honest with them about how much this is costing the country.

It's clear that Russia is having issues with operational tempo, planning, and equipping/training their soldiers as it is now. Announcing full mobilization would would add additional strain to an already hamstring'd system.

I forsee huge bottlenecks, extremely inadequate training and pulling more mothballed equipment from the corners of the federation. And I'm not even talking about morale which seems to be in the gutter, their existing units are over deployed and experiencing severe battle fatigue. I read the Russian Telegram channels and a lot of comments. A lot of people are not happy including ones that provide war footage and commentary.

On the other hand, Putin needs to do something. If he does nothing he'll be seen as weak and indecisive. Maybe he'll announce general mobilization and not much will come of it and propaganda dept will amp up the stories so he looks good and continue to make excuses and the blame game to explain setbacks.

Putin is the type to do damn near anything to stay in power but I don't see nukes happening. He's isolated Russia from the global stage and even China very recently has distanced itself from Russia.

Edit: But then again, if Putin just shams these referendums which he will surely do and then gets the "casus belli" for expanded mobilization, that will be his key to more troops under federal law. We will see.

I don't think its about full mobilization. Everyone is thinking right now "what the fuck is it this time? Im tired and im leaving...here please welcome my new protege that im asking all of you to vote for the next president of Russia.....Owner of PMC "WAGNER" walking out on the stage "

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Originally Posted by Faust ↗

“ I am hereby authorising the use of long range ballistic tactical nuclear weapons.”

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Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

Putin made his bed...

... and he has to lay in it.

According to a few Ukrainian channels, RT.com (Russian state TV publication) removed the announcement that Putin is going to address the nation.

From Russian government publication "Parliament Gazette"
https://www.pnp.ru/politics/andrey-k...-ne-budet.html)

(Question for Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrei Kartapolov)
- Many perceived the adoption of these amendments as an implicit preparation of the base for general mobilization. To what extent are such fears justified?

Chairman Andrei Kartapolov: Absolutely unjustified. There will be no general mobilization. The president has spoken about this more than once and is directly speaking through his press secretary Dmitry Peskov and many other politicians at the federal level. "Law" is not the same as "mobilization". It is not adopted specifically for a special military operation, it is adopted to be performed for a long time. At least until the time comes when it is no longer needed.

https://www.pnp.ru/politics/andrey-k...-ne-budet.html

Edit: Translate option works on desktop computer but not mobile for me.

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Putin declares himself Tsar, makes peace and we all party

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Now they're saying Putin addressing the nation is postponed until tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by WhiskeyOutpost ↗

Now they're saying Putin addressing the nation is postponed until tomorrow.

Fuck, I was ready to change the title of the other thread to The War formerly known as the Special Military Operation Briefing Room

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Meanwhile In Bratislava, Slovakia.

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