The decision to announce a partial mobilization was made due to the fact that Russia is facing the military potential of the entire NATO and a number of other non-friendly countries in Ukraine.

According to APA's Moscow correspondent, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said this.

"In his speech, President Putin talked about how the conditions changed during a special military operation. It was the president who said that we are currently facing the military potential of NATO and a number of other countries that are not friendly to us," said the Kremlin spokesman.