Sabrina Taffernisi: In a major speech on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin stunned Russia by announcing that he would require hundreds of thousands more of his citizens to go fight in the war in Ukraine. She asks her colleague Anton Trenovski about what many see as a turning point for Putin. When we return, Greg Aldana explains how businesses are going to need 500 million new apps within five years.
In a speech on Wednesday, President Vladimir V. Putin said that he would require hundreds of thousands more Russians to fight in Ukraine — and alarmed the West by once again raising the specter of nuclear force.
The mobilization signals that Mr. Putin is turning the war from one of aggression to one of defense, offering clues about what the next phase of the fighting will involve.
Guest: Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.
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