As winter approaches, will Putin’s ‘partial mobilisation’ help Russia win the war in Ukraine?
- Written by Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent announcement of a “partial mobilisation” of 300,000 Russian personnel to fight in Ukraine sounded decisive. It isn’t.
The official position, fleshed out by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, was that the new Russian conscripts would be drawn from those with past military experience and...
