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It's not a war, but a Special Military Operation. And that operation goes so well, it is now time not to call a general mobilisation, but only a partial mobilisation.
On Wednesday September 21, at 09:15h, Russian President Vladimir Putin made the announcement that was rumored since days: all members of the Russian Army's reserve, as well as anybody who has ever served in the Russian military, are called upon to do their duty in the Special Military Operation, fighting the Nazi-Ukrainian forces.
Refusing to report will result in 15 years prison. Skipping out during service will result in 15 years prison. And surrendering to the enemy without being incapacitated will result in 15 years prison, as will not trying to flee from a POW camp.
The move is not unexpected. The Ukrainian counter-offensive triggered the first comments on Russian television about the need for mobilisation, and it was just waiting until Russian regional elections had passed, last week. On top of that, the recent meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation didn't go to plan, apparently.
First there was India's Modi publicly stating that this ain't a time for war, and that he had repeatedly asked to stop the whole thing. Then there was a falling out over the same subject with both Turkey and Kazakhstan, to which Putin apparently reacted very agressively. All combined might perhaps explain the rather confused press conference afterwards.
Immediately after the end of the SCO Summit, one Nikolai Patrushev stepped on a plane to meet with Chinese colleagues to discuss strategic stability and public security and law and order. He returned after 2 days, on the 19th. On the 20th, a statement by Putin was announced for the evening, but that was postponed for reasons unknown.
In a first phase, 300,000 reservists are being called up but, as Russia's Kommersant business newspaper noted, the total number of people who will be called up is secret, hence open to modification.
Do I need to add that it all ended with the threat to use nuclear weapons?
Official announcement here.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 21 2022, @03:55PM (1 child)
Nothing is safe from invasion when "defenders" are cowards, no matter if the cowards call themselves NATO or some other alphabet soup.
Imagine that Putin invades Estonia and threatens to launch his nukes if NATO forces dare oppose him. What then?
And if you give him Estonia, he'll have his pick of NATO countries to gobble up next, using the same threat to disable the "defenders".
When an enemy threatens you with something, you either prepare to counter the threat, or lie down and convince yourself to enjoy the ass-fucking. No other options there. And enemy leader dying from old age will help you none, for there will be plenty of young field commanders ready and willing to continue their path of easy victories.
For an enemy to stop, YOU need to STOP them. Not tooth fairy, nor Santa, nor any other magic being will do that thing for you.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday September 21 2022, @07:37PM
Fuckin' guy can't even get basic geography right, we're supposed to trust his military analysis?
Only 6% of Russia's land borders touch NATO countries. Russia has land borders with 14 countries. Only five of them are NATO members. [nato.int]