The mobilization of the Russians was expected because Putin faces difficulties in Ukraine - White House

The United States believes that the mobilization of the Russians announced by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was expected and says that Russian troops face difficulties in Ukraine. This was reported by the Coordinator of the National Security Council on Strategic Communications John Kirby in an interview with the American TV channel ABC. "This is undoubtedly a sign that it is faced with difficulty, and we know that it has suffered tens of thousands of casualties," Kirby said.

The video of the day he recalled that the Russians have a terrible morale, have no cohesion on the battlefield, and the problems of command have not yet been solved. There are also many deserters in the Russian army, so the Russian authorities forces the wounded to return. “So, it is obvious that a living power is a problem for him. He feels not in his plate, especially in this northeast area of ​​Donbass, ”Kirby said.

According to him, Putin's desire to mobilize 300,000 Russians is "a lot", since it is almost twice as much as he participated in the war in February. Kirby noted that Putin's unfounded statements about the neo -Nazis in Ukraine and the fact that the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation allegedly threatened, "typical" and many of his accusations have been voiced earlier.

According to the General Staff, since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has lost about 55 110 military personnel, in the past day - 300. On September 21, Putin announced partial mobilization in Russia and stated that it would support the holding of fictitious "referendums" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as well as He threatened with a nuclear blow in the event of a "threat of territorial integrity" of the Russian Federation.