Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Youre being naive in thinking Ukraine has no military alliances with the West. You are aware that Ukraine would not be still in the fight only for the military alliances showed towards Ukraine by all EU and NATO countries through military aid. Even Ireland.

Very good Twitter thread on mobilization and why it's being done. It's all about being able to rotate their forces on the front line and provide a great defence in depth. It's not about building a brand new army of 300k troops as I said a few pages back.

This would create a blueprint for every other large nuclear power to follow in the event that they feel like expanding their territory:

1. Funnel weapons and resources to friendly "separatists" in a neighbouring country.
2. Claim that the government of the neighbouring country is slaughtering those separatists.
3. Send troops across the border to "stop the genocide".
4. Hold a referendum in that region for them join your country.
5. Claim that an attack on that region is now an attack on your country and you have the right to defend yourself with your nuclear weapons.

This makes a mockery of sovereignty and international borders and has to be nipped in the bud.

No he may not get his 30'000 never mind 300'000 boots on the ground in the military, but he could well get many more mothers boots on the ground protesting, the one thing he's afraid of. One massive out if control protest in Moscow and St. Petersburg, would work wonders.

@EOQRTL

A backhanded compliment. Mass mobilisation is called for when Russia senses it is up against half decent soldiers under competent commanders.

Putin really made idiots out of the people who were swallowing his propaganda. Where have all the posters that were bullshiting about the million strong army gone? If he had a million professional soldiers then why would a mobilisation be needed.

Nope, all schools along the East Coast got them. I was in school in the 1980's and grew up with nuclear attack drills, constant Cold War threats almost daily, Civil Defence drills in villages and towns and Windscale disaster, Sellafield, Cherynoble, the anti-cruise missile demonstrations in the UK etc. Anyone who's 50 and above will remember it well. " shelter in a door frame or under a stairs etc".

There was even one company near Clane building fallout bunkers.

Which is why the world as we know it is still in existence. And that was my question about Nuclear weapons. Thanks Timmyntc

I remember Bill Browder was interviewed at the very beginning of this and he said "Putin always doubles down. It's the only thing he knows how to do.". That tactic served him well in the dog eat dog world of 90s Russian politics and seems to have served him well when fighting the likes of Chechnya, Georgia and Syrian rebels. The problem he has now is that he's facing an opponent where this tactic doesn't appear to be working and he's rapidly running out of cards to play.