The Foundation of Ukrainian War Victims told Newsweek that the Kremlin would try to recruit troops online to solve its manpower crisis.
Ukraine estimates more than 50,000 Russian troops have died during the war and while other tallies put it much lower, the Kremlin has been forced to find new ways to replenish its troops including recruiting from prisons and homeless shelters.have upped their calls for mobilization which would force Russian citizens to fight.
"Putin certainly has a problem. This is one of those rare occasions where in terms of propaganda presentation they have boxed themselves into a corner," said Keir Giles, senior consulting fellow of the Russia and Eurasia program at London's Chatham House think tank. "They would have to say for the first time 'we are not winning.' That does not mean they can't do a partial mobilization by stealth," Giles said, referring to the Kremlin calling up reserves with particular grades of service obligation.For Vladimir Putin, This Is the Beginning of the End
The U.S. think tank, the Institute for the Study of War said on Thursday that Russia is"responding to the defeat around Kharkiv Oblast by doubling down on crypto-mobilization rather than setting conditions for general mobilization."
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