“Finland expects more Russian deserters
They would be wise to thoroughly sort them out lest their number include “Little Green Men”.”
VERY TRUE.
Putin used the same strategy in Ukraine that he had used in Georgia totally expecting the same results.
As similar to Ukraine, The Republic of Georgia had declared its independence in early 1991 as the Soviet Union self-destructed. The Ga/Putin military fighting took place in the strategically important South Caucasus region. The important mineral mines and manufacturing of Ukraine were coveted by Putin.
Putin had actually been emigrating Russian citizens into the Donbass region: LNR and DNR of Ukraine.
Like Ukraine, political in-fighting developed between Georgia and wanna-be separatists created former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast under Putin-backed but internationally unrecognized separatists control.
These Putin-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia region had started their war shelling Georgian villages in August after negative political relations had developed further between Russia and Georgiain
This Putin GA invasion war in Georgia lasted 5 days, August 7–12, 2008 and is regarded as the first European war of the 21st century.
ARTICLE
Attacks on enlistment offices in Russia: 28 buildings set on fire in 5 days
Ukrainska Pravda
STANISLAV POHORILOV
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 17:11
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/2/7413910/
Between 29 July and 2 August, Russian citizens have tried to set military enlistment offices and other facilities connected to Russia’s Defence Ministry on fire at least 28 times, both in Russia and occupied Crimea. This is the largest attack on military enlistment offices since mobilisation was announced in Russia in September 2022.
SOURCE:
Russian independent media outlet Meduza
DETAILS:
Meduza estimates that most of the arson attacks were committed in the cities of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan, and in the city of Podolsk, with the same military enlistment office being set on fire twice.
Attempts to set enlistment offices on fire have also been made in the settlements of Severodvinsk, Mozhaisk, the village of Aginskoe in Zabaykal Krai, in the settlement of Rososh in Voronezh Oblast, in the cities of Omsk, Kopeisk and Verkhnouralsk (Chelyabinsk Oblast), in the settlement of Volsk (Saratov Oblast), and in the cities of Kaluga and Ulan-Ude.
In many cases, the arsonists claimed that they were deceived by scammers who introduced themselves as members of the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB).
Many of those arrested therefore believe that by setting military enlistment offices by fire they were helping to catch real criminals.
BACKGROUND:
On 31 July, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin increased fines for failure to appear at a military enlistment office when summoned without a valid reason, and for not providing information to the military enlistment office.