Vladimir Putin needs to rally support for his invasion of Ukraine because it's not looking good, at home or on the battlefield. For many Russians, the war was a thing happening on television and now that a draft has started, it all seems much closer to home. The partial mobilization is a sign of desperation. And what on paper anyway does the partial mobilization entail? How many people are we talking about? On paper, it actually doesn't say anything about the numbers at all. A decree which Putin has signed has one paragraph, which is classified. One mother in the city of Nalchik confronts an official saying, we are the occupiers. In this week's Economist podcast