Ukraine war increasingly seen as ‘fought by the poor’, as Zelensky raises taxes and proposes strict mobilisation laws: After the failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive, Kyiv finds itself at a major crossroads and with no easy options. The demand late last year by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, for the mobilisation of an additional 500,000 …
Ukraine war: Putin avoids further mobilisation while Kyiv suffers manpower shortage: When Vladimir Putin called for a partial mobilisation in September 2022 it was a sign to ordinary Russians that – despite all the Kremlin’s denials – this was no longer a “special military operation” but a real war. In response to Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive …
Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin’s mobilisation order was legal – but will Russians see it as legitimate?: Vladimir Putin’s edict announcing the call-up of thousands of reservists for his so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine appears to have caused widespread panic and protests among the Russian public. It seems that, for some at least, this executive …
Ukraine war: mobilisation and forced conscription shows the failure of Russia’s inflexible ‘continental’ mindset: Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation follows Russia’s strategic and operational failures in Ukraine. It also confirms the Kremlin’s inability to think outside the box of its old doctrine. Moscow’s response remains the same as before – to overwhelm the …
Ukraine recap: what Putin’s mobilisation order means for the war and the west: Mobilisation: Russian president, Vladimir Putin. UPI/Alamy Stock Photo The political climate got a few degrees warmer this week after Vladimir Putin announced a plan for partial mobilisation of Russian reserves, calling on a reservoir of somewhere between 300,000 and a million troops …
Putin’s mobilisation speech: what he said and what he meant: When Vladimir Putin took to Russian television on September 21 he wanted to send three clear headline messages. The first is that the threat of nuclear war is credible and serious. The second is that partial mobilisation and rapid changes to military desertion laws is …
Social media mobilisation is a bright spot in Uganda’s dark Bobi Wine saga: Social media is becoming a formal political platform in Uganda. Shutterstock President Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda with authoritarian firmness for the last 32 years. But even his most ardent supporters were shocked by the ferocity with which his security forces recently …