Russia plans new wave of mobilisation from 5 January – Chief of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence
The Russian leadership decided to start a new wave of mobilisation from 5 January 2023, due to the lack of manpower.
Source: Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, in an interview with BBC
Quote: "They decided to start another wave of mobilisation from 5 January. I do not know if they will announce it specifically on the 5th. However, 5 January is when they planned it for.
They will have to start a new wave of mobilisation, even considering the fact that the past mobilisation, which supposedly ended, did not stop, and people are being mobilised in full swing."
Details: In Budanov’s opinion, compared to the previous wave, there will be no changes. However, Russian military leaders have already adapted [to the course of this campaign], so the process will be easier.
On top of that, according to the head of Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, the Russians have huge problems with equipping existing units and forming new ones: "They already lack manpower."
Previously:
- According to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during the first wave of mobilisation, roughly 300,000 people joined the military; and in Ukraine, the number oh those mobilised allegedly made 150,000.
- Late in October, Putin said the partial mobilisation was over. However, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces insisted that the covert mobilisation was underway,in spite of official statements about its end.
- Ukraine's Defence Intelligence reported that further mobilisation in Russia would look like it would have during the Second World War.
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