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Basically confirming it'll be full mobilization.

cm2187 4y ago
It doesn't need to be a full mobilisation, it doesn't take a large fraction of 300k people trying to flee the country to saturate flights that had already been greatly reduced after the various sanctions.
WastingMyTime89 4y ago
That’s doubtful. It seems Russia doesn’t have enough equipment to fully mobilise. Plus their economy is already not doing that well I don’t think they could afford total war at this point.
- nomel 4y ago
  > their economy is already not doing that well Do you have a reference for this? The raw numbers don't seem that bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia#Data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia#Data Everything I can find suggests they're ok, short term, with possible long term problems from loss of foreign markets.
vkou 4y ago
There's a huge distance between what they are currently doing and full mobilization. It's likely they'll start mobilizing younger reservists.
- incomingpain 4y ago
  >There's a huge distance between what they are currently doing and full mobilization. It's likely they'll start mobilizing younger reservists. The context of the article is that partial mobilization has been ordered. All reservists and all veterans have now been conscripted. The distance between what is currently happening and full mobilization is quite small in fact.
  - p1esk 4y ago
    All reservists and all veterans have now been conscripted. No, this is not true.
    - incomingpain 4y ago
      I guess I am at a loss as I do not understand Russian and therefore am subject to the professional translation of Putin's words. I haven't heard anyone deny the translation, why do you?
      - p1esk 4y ago
        Don't worry, you're not the only one in the dark. No one knows who will be drafted, they (military) can pretty much grab whoever they want. No one even knows how many people are in "reserve": 20M, 50M? Minister of defense said they are looking to draft 300k people, but in Russia statements like that don't mean anything and the target number can change drastically at any moment for any reason.

It doesn't need to be a full mobilisation, it doesn't take a large fraction of 300k people trying to flee the country to saturate flights that had already been greatly reduced after the various sanctions.

WastingMyTime89 4y ago

That’s doubtful. It seems Russia doesn’t have enough equipment to fully mobilise. Plus their economy is already not doing that well I don’t think they could afford total war at this point.

nomel 4y ago
> their economy is already not doing that well Do you have a reference for this? The raw numbers don't seem that bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia#Data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia#Data Everything I can find suggests they're ok, short term, with possible long term problems from loss of foreign markets.

vkou 4y ago

There's a huge distance between what they are currently doing and full mobilization. It's likely they'll start mobilizing younger reservists.

incomingpain 4y ago
>There's a huge distance between what they are currently doing and full mobilization. It's likely they'll start mobilizing younger reservists. The context of the article is that partial mobilization has been ordered. All reservists and all veterans have now been conscripted. The distance between what is currently happening and full mobilization is quite small in fact.
- p1esk 4y ago
  All reservists and all veterans have now been conscripted. No, this is not true.
  - incomingpain 4y ago
    I guess I am at a loss as I do not understand Russian and therefore am subject to the professional translation of Putin's words. I haven't heard anyone deny the translation, why do you?
    - p1esk 4y ago
      Don't worry, you're not the only one in the dark. No one knows who will be drafted, they (military) can pretty much grab whoever they want. No one even knows how many people are in "reserve": 20M, 50M? Minister of defense said they are looking to draft 300k people, but in Russia statements like that don't mean anything and the target number can change drastically at any moment for any reason.