Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on the 21st a "partial mobilization" and denounced the West's desire to destroy Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on the 21st that local military mobilization will be carried out from now on, and he supports the four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine to hold a referendum on joining Russia.

He threatened that Russia would use all means to maintain territorial integrity and said it would not "bluff" on the use of nuclear weapons.

Defense Minister Shoigu later announced that the mobilization order will recruit 300,000 people from the reserve.

Ukraine described the mobilization order as a "tragedy for the Russian people" and said Putin's move was expected and meant that the war did not go as planned by Russia.

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Putin was originally scheduled to deliver a major national speech on the evening of the 20th, but the Kremlin canceled it without warning. A day later, Putin issued the first military mobilization order since World War II through a pre-recorded video.

Putin emphasized in his speech that this partial military mobilization of the country's two million strong military reserves is to defend Russia and its territory, and the priority mobilization is to reserve citizens, first of all citizens who have served in the armed forces, And those with certain military majors and related experience will receive a call-up order.

4The Russian-occupied area will hold a referendum on entry into Russia for 5 days from the 23rd

Putin accused the West of the goal of weakening, dividing and destroying Russia, bluntly saying that "the Soviet Union could be divided in 1991, and Russia can be divided now."

He also said that Western countries have crossed all lines to supply Ukraine with offensive weapons to use against Russia.

"When our territorial integrity is threatened, we will use all available means to protect Russia and our people. This is no bluff. Those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know," he said.

Putin said that the goal of Russia's special military operation remains unchanged. The Luhansk People's Republic has been completely liberated, and the Donetsk People's Republic has been partially liberated. Moscow supports the referendum on Russian-occupied Ukraine.

The pro-Russian leaders of the four occupied areas of Ukraine announced on the 20th that they will hold a five-day referendum on joining Russia starting this Friday (23rd).

The Wall Street Journal pointed out that Russia plans to annex the two "pseudo-republics" of Ukrainian and eastern Ukraine, as well as the lands it occupies in Kherson and Zaporozhye states, which means that Putin can view the Ukrainian counter-offensive in these areas as an attack on the Russian mainland. , and even use nuclear weapons to counterattack.

Russia claims 6,000 troops lost 110,000 Ukrainian troops

Shoigu pointed out that rather than saying that Russia is fighting against Ukraine, it is better to say that Russia is collectively fighting against Western countries.

He also claimed that during the "special military operation", Russia lost 5,937 soldiers, while the Ukrainian army initially had about 200,000 people, and during the Ukrainian-Russian conflict 110,000 people lost 61,000 of them Killed and 49,000 wounded.

Shoigu said that the reserve force that Russia can mobilize is close to 25 million people. This time, 300,000 people will be recruited, accounting for about 1%. They will help consolidate the front line about 1,000 kilometers long in Ukraine.

He stressed that no university students will be mobilized and no conscript soldiers will be sent to participate in special military operations.

The American think tank "RAND Corporation" expressed doubts about the effectiveness of Russia's military mobilization order.

The New York Times believes that Putin has been forced into trouble, and Putin in trouble is the most dangerous Putin.