Will Vladimir Putin cunningly continue the mobilization? On Friday, November 4, the Russian president signed a law amendment that allows for partial mobilization, which began on September 21 and officially ended on October 28, to recruit citizens convicted of murder, theft, robbery or drug trafficking. for: According to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, those responsible for the sexual integrity of a minor, terrorism or extremism, however, are excluded.
Eugenie Prigogine, who led the Wagner mercenary group, named by its neo-Nazi founder Dmitri Autkin after Hitler’s favorite composer, had already been recruited into penitentiaries with the promise of amnesty after a six-month mission. “For others, those who once in Ukraine say that they made a mistake, they are recognized as defectors. In this case you are sent to the firing squad“. Wagner is at the forefront of the fighting in Bakhmut (Donbass), where the Russian army has been fighting to advance for several weeks.
Vladimir Putin ordered the partial mobilization of 300,000 reserve troops on September 21 following the crushing defeat of the Russian army near Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. In addition, US intelligence estimates that the Russian army and its support forces have suffered 80,000 fighters killed or wounded. Before invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin gathered 150-200 thousand soldiers.
The Russian army suffered several successive failures in Ukraine. First in Kharkov, in the northeast, then in the vicinity of Kherson (south), the only administrative capital conquered after the February 24 invasion. The loss of this strategic lock would pave the way for a possible annexation of Crimea, a central element of the Russian system since its annexation in 2014. However, several clues lead us to believe that the Russian army is withdrawing from Kherson. “The evacuation of Kherson, which no longer has any interest except on a political level, will allow the Russians to restore troops that will be needed on other fronts.“, military historian Cedric Mas analyzed thatFigaro .
Source: Le Figaro
