Russia’s war is dragging on with heavy casualties and damage to Russia’s economy. Putin seems to be edging toward mobilization of civilian reserves to compensate for insufficient recruiting evident this year. Ukraine may be winning right now, but it is nowhere near a decisive edge. And Ukraine is suffering tremendously. Will Putin be able to add to the pressure with mobilization and finally break Ukraine on the ground? Or will mobilization break Russia’s home front in its core European region and make internal unrest far more dangerous for Putin than Ukraine is?
Head on over to Substack for the essay. I decided to publish this series there. But you can always get the link here on TDR.
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NOTE: Also, I put war-related links and commentary in the Weekend Data Dump on Substack. You may read my posts on Substack, at The Dignified Rant: Evolved.
