Then more of them will have to die.
I cannot imagine that the Russian people will go along with mobilization over Ukraine. The country is not being invaded. There is no existential threat (to use an overused word.)
The laws that were passed were Stalinist in their tenor.
I see Putin trying to hang on by his fingertips.
What is scarier is the real potential for an internal collapse in Russia.
“I cannot imagine that the Russian people will go along with mobilization over Ukraine. The country is not being invaded.”
Technically not, but Americans cannot really understand the connection of Russians to Russian-speakers in Ukraine. It would be like some fluke of nature left Texas in the hands of a Fascist-run, American-hating, Mexico. While the Leftists, no doubt, would celebrate, most Americans would be appalled and would demand that the US do something to get them back.
Russia did have the equivalent of our Leftists, the ones who hated Putin’s government and wanted to join Europe, but now most of them realize that the hatred from the West is directed at ALL Russian people, not just the leadership - and with that, I suspect they figure that they might as well finish the job in Ukraine, and they’ll stay out of the way of that.
Anyway, time will.