Russia Steps Up Mobilization Pressure in Occupied Ukraine

(Maksym Beznosiuk – The Jamestown Foundation) Moscow is stepping up mobilization pressure in occupied Ukraine to compensate for manpower losses in the war against Ukraine. Since April, Russian authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts have widely canceled mobilization deferrals for full-time students. Russian occupation authorities are using forced passportization, mandatory military registration, raids, and threats of legal punishment to force Ukrainian males of mobilization age into the Russian army. Forced mobilization is worsening shortages of qualified workers in the occupied territories of Ukraine, which is disrupting critical services and helping the Kremlin remove Ukrainian men from the occupied territories. – Russia Steps Up Mobilization Pressure in Occupied Ukraine – Jamestown