A new wave of mobilisation may be on the way
graves break through the tranquil snow covering Novokuybyshevsk’s municipal graveyard. “Denis, my son!” a woman wails. Not long ago, 27-year-old Denis was a young dad and an engineer at the local oil refinery. In September he was drafted by the Russian army. By December he was in Ukraine. His military career lasted all of six days: he was stationed at the now infamousmissiles struck it on New Year’s Eve. His mother feels fortunate to have received his body whole.
An open letter from the families, published on a regional website on January 10th but since deleted, called on President Vladimir Putin to scale back the use of conscripts in his “special military operation”. It is unlikely to have any effect. There are indications that a renewed wave of conscription is being planned. Ruslan Leviev, an open-source investigator, says in recent days Kremlin officials have stopped ruling out the possibility.
The recent appointment of Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s hitherto sidelined chief of the general staff, to head the operation in Ukraine may suggest a big offensive in the making. It could also be an attempt to reassert the usual military chain of command over
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