'Ultimately, a Russian troop surge might only create more problems for Putin.' -TomRtweets
Suffering vast and unanticipated losses in his Ukraine war effort, Russian President Vladimir Putin last year ordered a mobilization draft of 300,000 conscripts. Another draft had been anticipated for this year. Speaking on Tuesday, however, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media that"there is no talk of a second wave of mobilization in the Kremlin.
To be sure, the heavy casualties suffered by Russian ground forces and mercenary forces such as the Wagner Group mean that Russia is badly short of troops. Underlining the Kremlin's concern over rampant draft-dodging, a law has just been introduced that makes electronic draft orders just as binding as postal or personally delivered draft orders. But the shortage of trained troops is only one problem among many for the Russian military.
Russia's desperate effort to conceal its combat losses underlines the deep political problem they pose.
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