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Is Putin about to gamble on a second mobilisation wave?

18 January 2023

10:36 PM

18 January 2023

10:36 PM

Is Vladimir Putin finally about to announce a second mobilisation wave? Ukraine has been warning for weeks that up to half-a-million more troops could be forced into the army. Jitters are growing in Russia that a call-up might be imminent: rumours are circulating that the Kremlin might shut Russia’s borders and resort to a second round of mobilisation.

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