🇷🇺🇺🇦 Minister of Defense Sergey
Shoigu discussed declared limited mobilization in Russia. Key takes:
On special military operation and situation in Ukraine:
🔹 Currently Russia is fighting not Ukraine, but "collective West";
🔹 Most eager "young Europeans" actively fueling Ukraine with weapons, and we have to constantly destroy it;
🔹 Nearly all NATO satellite constellation is used against Russian forces, over 70 military and 200 civilian satellites;
🔹 "Precision weapons" given to ZSU nearly every day kills civilians;
🔹 "We thought it is lack of control; but actually it is total control by the West";
🔹 ZSU lost over 100 thousands of personnel: 61207 KIA and 49368 WIA;
🔹 Kyiv already started 4th wave of mobilization, drafting over 300 000 Ukrainians, "hunting men from beaches to cities";
🔹 More than 1000 foreign mercenaries remain in Ukraine, some were killed, others fled.
On limited mobilization in Russia;
🔹 Russian losses reached 5937 men KIA, 90% of wounded returned to service;
🔹 Russia mobilizes persons who served in military and have military professions;
🔹 No mobilization of students is planned;
🔹 Conscripts shall not participate in special military operation;
🔹 Russia has enormous mobilization base, only ~1,1% of it shall be used;
🔹 Long line of conflict in Ukraine shall be strengthened and controlled;
🔹 Mobilized shall require training and operational coordination;
🔹 Russia plans to mobilize 300 000 from military reserve, mobilization shall proceed gradually;
🔹 RuMOD planned regular reserve duty training exercises anyway, it shall be cancelled;
🔹 Special military operation continues, "there may be excesses, there may be delays", but established goals shall be acheived.
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