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🇺🇦 Putin’s Mobilisation Gamble

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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Is Putin Getting UAVs From Iran a Game Changer?

The pool from which Putin is pulling these mobilized troops is relatively small. The Russian defense industry have become quite dependent on foreign components, foreign machine tools and so on. So I don't see this mobilization as a game changer. It will increase the casualties on both sides, but especially on the Russian side. But do we still think that Putin is trying his original objective, which effectively is to dominate that whole of Ukraine? Or is he settling for these so-called new Russia territories that, you know, will come on to talk about in a moment?

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