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Putin calls up 300,000 reservists

21 September 2022

5:35 PM

21 September 2022

5:35 PM

While most attention has focused on Vladimir Putin’s repetition of nuclear threats in his speech this morning, the takeaway in Ukraine is different: conscription has begun. This is deeply controversial in Russia given the war’s high mortality rate, but after the rout in the Kharkiv region Putin is running out of options.

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