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2naSalit

(104,656 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 03:05 PM 20 hrs ago

Putin Has Started Mobilizing Russia Without Admitting It - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦



Putin does not want to announce full mobilization, but Russia is already acting like it needs more men. Reports from Penza describe mass raids, men taken to military recruitment offices, pressure to sign Defense Ministry contracts, and families trying to stop buses from carrying them away. At the same time, Ukraine is striking deeper into Russia, Europe is developing more long-range weapons, and Moscow is hardening facilities far from the front. The pattern is clear: the war is coming home to Russia, and the Kremlin is trying to manage the manpower crisis without admitting what it is doing.

Chapters
0:00 Russia’s mobilization without mobilization
0:42 Mass raids in Penza
2:19 Families fight back as men are taken
4:35 Russia prepares for deeper Ukrainian strikes
6:23 Ukraine hits farther into Russia
7:58 Europe’s long-range weapons shift
10:42 Trump, Europe, and Ukraine weapons
13:18 Iran crowds the global agenda
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Putin Has Started Mobilizing Russia Without Admitting It - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦 (Original Post) 2naSalit 20 hrs ago OP
Putin should go out a window and Russia should get out of Ukraine... wcmagumba 20 hrs ago #1
OMG................ Lovie777 20 hrs ago #2
So "mobilizing" in Russia means rounding up men by any means for the war's front lines. Got it Deuxcents 20 hrs ago #3
Vladdie, m'boy... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #4

Deuxcents

(28,140 posts)
3. So "mobilizing" in Russia means rounding up men by any means for the war's front lines. Got it
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 03:52 PM
20 hrs ago

Russia has used regular military troops, prisoners, North Koreans and other mercenaries and still can’t stop the Ukrainians. When a sovereign country has been invaded without provocation, their passion and commitment to defend is a real motivation, as Russia did not understand

GiqueCee

(5,013 posts)
4. Vladdie, m'boy...
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:08 PM
17 hrs ago

... what part of FUCK OFF did you not understand? Russia is a huge country! Why did you have to go after someone else's nation? Oh. Right. Megalomaniacal ego. Got it. All the small countries formerly in the Soviet orbit had better watch their six, then, is that it?
The slightly cracked crystal ball says that defenstration is definitely in your future. Might want to take that into account.
When 90+% of the world holds you in utter contempt, it may be time to rethink your position, no? Your boy, Donald, hasn't learned that lesson yet, either. A blind spot you both share, apparently.

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