Just recently, Russian President Putin announced a partial mobilization order to Russia! What's wrong with Russia? Why was the mobilization order announced at this time? How should I understand this part of the mobilization order?
Since February this year, it has been 7 months since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine . Not long ago, there was even a rumor about Ukraine's "big counterattack against Russia!" which was indeed a bit shocking. You should know that Russia is recognized as one of the Five Constant States and is a true big country, while Ukraine is just a small country!
Compared with the conventional military strength of Russia and Ukraine, the gap between the two is quite large. The data found showed that before the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia had a total force of about 1.13 million and Ukrainian had a total force of more than 260,000.
In February this year, Ukraine had already carried out a nationwide mobilization at the beginning of the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. However, Russia did not mobilize in general. At that time, I believe many people would think that Russia, which ranks second in the world's military power, would easily defeat Ukraine. However, as time goes by, Russia did not quickly "suppress" Ukraine. Instead, in September this year, there were news that Ukraine was partially repelling Russia, which really made people "shocked."
Russia has not taken Ukraine for such a long time, and there are actually two main reasons behind it. Russian Defense Minister Shoigu explained the reason at a recent public meeting of defense ministers.
The first reason is that Russia has tied itself up and has not let go to attack Ukraine. Shoigu said that Russia's special military operations against Ukraine were consciously slowing down the pace. The Russian army did not attack Ukraine's military targets without any indiscriminate attacks. The purpose is to avoid causing more civilian casualties.
The second reason is external intervention from Europe and the United States. On the one hand, Western countries have provided a lot of assistance to Ukraine, including weapons and equipment and funds, and even sent consultants to guide Ukraine in confrontation with Russia. On the other hand, the efforts of Western countries to impose sanctions on Russia have been greatly escalated to cause more trouble for Russia. Basically, Russia is relying on its own efforts to fight against the entire Western countries behind Ukraine.
Now, Russian President Putin has delivered his first national speech since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and has also announced that he will make a partial mobilization. This is also the first time that Russia has issued a mobilization order after World War II . Putin said that the West has crossed all boundaries and irresponsibly provided offensive weapons to Ukraine, causing attacks on Russia and threatening the use of weapons of mass destruction against Russia. Russia cannot tolerate these actions, so when Russia's territorial integrity is threatened, it will use all available means to fight back!
Putin's above speech actually explains why Russia has announced a partial mobilization order at this moment. It seems that Western countries are really making Russia anxious! Subsequently, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu announced that he would plan to recruit 300,000 reserve personnel.
So, the last question, how should I understand this part of the mobilization order?
Russian Duma , National Defense Commissioner Andrei Kartapolov , his speech explains this question very well. Andrei Kartapolov said: "The partial mobilization order mainly involves the first type of military personnel." This sentence means that Russia is preparing to recruit some of the reserve and retired soldiers. This type of person is the main target of Russia's partial mobilization order. Because, they have certain military experience!
