> And of course by "All the Stops" Der Spiegel means many but not all. To me it seemed very clear and easy to understand. The article summary, right on the sec

> And of course by "All the Stops" Der Spiegel means many but not all. To me it seemed very clear and easy to understand. The article summary, right on the second sentence, says in no ambiguous terms "He wants to avoid a general mobilization, so the military is relying on other methods." The article then goes on how Russia's regime is resorting to very desperate measures to recruit troops, including posting fake general mobilization orders to deceive reservists. Taken from the article: > The Russian army is using all means at its disposal to find reinforcements. They are luring them with attractive offers, issuing threats and even simulating a general mobilization by sending out huge numbers of summons to reservists – which some, either out of ignorance or fear, interpret as a call up order. > But an official call up can only take place once Putin declares a general mobilization. That, though, would be an indirect admission of his army’s weakness, a military force that had been considered vastly superior to Ukraine’s army prior to the invasion. More importantly, a general mobilization would have a more direct impact on the daily lives of Russians, which the Kremlin wants to avoid at all costs. The result has been a kind of veiled mobilization.