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All Russian males ages 18-65 will be mobilized and banned from leaving Russia as of midnight. That might be the reason for Putin’s TV delay.

A lot of Russians have fled to Georgia.

Andrei Kartapolov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, announced after Putin's speech was cancelled/postponed, that there will be no mobilization. That likely means no declaration of war. Russia will declare occupied territories to be annexed and thus "Russian soil". They appeared to introduce a new concept that “Wartime” is a period when a state conducts military operations with the help of its armed forces in one or more directions. Apparently "wartime" rules on military service can now be applied to the "Special Military Operation". They also introduced stricter punishments on soldiers who surrender or refuse to fight. What it means, IMO:

- Contract soldiers can no longer refuse to deploy, because it's no longer "foreign soil".

- Conscripts can be sent to annexed territories because again, it's now "Russia". Of course, it's pretty well documented that conscripts were already being sent...

- Russia can increase number of conscripts to either go to Ukraine as cannon fodder, and/or be assigned in Russia to fill in for contract soldiers so they can be forced to deploy.

- LPR/DPR soldiers will fall directly under Russian military authority. Their officers can be sacked and their soldiers told to go wherever Russia wants. There has been some push back from LPR/DPR forces sent to fight elsewhere.

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Andrei Kartapolov: There will be no general mobilization in Russia

I really don't see this helping Russia much. With Putin's cancellation/postponement of tonight's speech, he might well be discussing and refining his plans.