There is a risk, but not a direct threat to Bulgaria's national security.

This was stated by the Minister of Defense Dimitar Stoyanov, commenting on the partial military mobilization in Russia.

According to experts, the infusion of 300,000 new Russian troops into the conflict will not turn the tide of the war, but it could slow down the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Donbass and near Kherson.

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The spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Yuri Sak told BNT that the partial mobilization will not stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

"This is a public admission by Russia that they are failing and not achieving their military objectives. We have known for a long time that they have severe manpower problems, so they have started recruiting prisoners and convicted murderers. Now, faced with the lack of any was military progress, they have to compensate for this humiliation, and mobilization is their next step," said Yuri Sak.

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The Russian decision will not have any effect on the plans of the Ukrainian army - complete liberation of the territory, Sack explained.

The counter-offensive from the beginning of September continues - in Kharkiv and Kherson.

"The Russians are using the tactics of 'missile terror' - carrying out missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, aerial bombardment, using anti-aircraft missile systems to damage peaceful Ukrainian cities. Every 24 hours we have about 10 missile strikes, 20 aerial bombardment and, of course, casualties," Yuri Sak also said.

The Ukrainians are currently targeting the logistics infrastructure near Kherson.

"Ukrainian forces are very effective in using Western weapons - in particular the Hymars systems - to destroy the communication chains and logistical links of the Russians, as well as their command centers in the Kherson region. We are successfully destroying bridges used to supply Russian forces ", said the spokesman of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

According to the Ukrainians, Russian losses were over 55,000, not the 5,000 reported by Russia.

There is a risk to our national security in Bulgaria, but our country is part of the NATO collective defense system, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov reminded.

"It leads to an intensification of the conflict and it is difficult to predict the end of this conflict. There is a risk to Bulgaria's national security. But there is no direct threat. Bulgaria is a member of NATO and in the system of collective defense we fit well with Article 5- you. This guarantees our national security," he explained.

The partial mobilization, according to experts, will slow down the Ukrainian counter-offensive, which began earlier this month, during which 8.5 thousand square km were recaptured.

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"With this move, Putin may prolong the war, but I personally do not expect that its course will be reversed. At the very least, because the West, the democratic world will even more categorically support Ukraine and even increase the supply of armaments," noted Prof. Todor Tagarev, Minister of Defense in 2013.

According to Tagarev, Russia is facing a complex of problems: low morale in the army and lack of modern weaponry in the field.

And the preparation of the 300 thousand reservists and their equipment will take months.

"These people will not be prepared quickly, they will not have modern weapons. What is being searched on Google, on search engines and on the Internet is monitored. The most used search phrase is 'how to break my arm,'" he commented.

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Tagarev also commented on Putin's reminder that Russia has nuclear weapons.

"Putin again refers to the presence of nuclear weapons, he still does not speak, he does not say yet that he will use nuclear weapons. In these matters, always the countries that have such weapons seek to keep the opposing country in the maximum degree of uncertainty , what they intend to do, what they would do and under what conditions".

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