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Putin Quietly Took 'Scary Decision' and Nobody Saw It Coming - The Russian Dude
The expansion of the Russian military has been officially approved. Putin wants to have 180,000 more soldiers around December. Which puts the total number of active military personnel of Russia to 1.5 million. The expansion of Russian military begins. Because right now there are big challenges of recruiting new volunteers. So, the probability of a new mobilization increased significantly. Though, this time it might be a 'quiet mobilization'. And it will be close to impossible to dodge the draft.
0:00 What's up!
1:17 Expansion of Russian military
5:17 Challenge of recruiting volunteers
8:05 Probability of new mobilization
10:28 Impossibility to dodge draft