Zelenskyy claims that the announcement of partial mobilization in Russia indicates problems with officers and other army personnel. 3/3

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The president of Ukraine also noted that the partial mobilization in Russia has been going on for a month – he was allegedly informed about this by the Ukrainian special services and allied countries. 2/3

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Zelenskyy said that Ukraine does not plan to cancel the liberation of the occupied territories, even despite Putin's nuclear threats. He says he doesn't believe Putin will use nuclear weapons, but he doesn't rule out a nuclear strike: “We can't look into this man's head.” 1/3

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The city of Izium in the south of Kharkiv Oblast was occupied by Russian troops for six months. After air raids and bombing it was completely occupied in late March. It was then that Izium suffered the most. Watch the full report on the occupation of Izium on our YouTube channel. pic.twitter.com/fWHAeBIcu2

— Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske) 21 septembre 2022

The city of Izium in the south of Kharkiv Oblast was occupied by Russian troops for six months. After air raids and bombing it was completely occupied in late March. It was then that Izium suffered the most. Watch the full report on the occupation of Izium on our YouTube channel.

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My latest dispatch from #Ukraine's old frontline – just down the road from the new one. Pulverised houses, a busted war memorial and tales of #Russian occupation. ‘The worst were from the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics. One punched me in the face"

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This is in part why these coming months remain an important window of opportunity for UA to retake territory. Over the winter the contest will likely be one more defined by attrition and reconstitution. The extent to which mobilization can help RU reconstitute is unclear. 19/

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Another approach could be to deploy lower-quality infantry regiments, similar to the ones currently seen in mobilized LDNR units, to hold large sections of the frontline—essentially the opposite of the 3rd Corps' effort to establish a new volunteer formation with better equipment.

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The second main limitation stems from constraints on force employment. No matter how many personnel are mobilized, RU mil can only sustain and command a finite number of troops on the battlefield. Scaling has been one of the Russian military's chief problems in this war. 16/

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However, RU mil could use mobilized personnel first to raise manning levels in currently deployed BTGs, many of which seem at 40-50%. Morale of mobilized personnel might be low, but individual replacements can start filling these units out faster than establishing new units. 14/

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