Shoigu offered Putin a new mobilization to inauguration, now the shortage of soldiers is even higher - WSJ

According to the US edition, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lacks the live force already under the new head of Andriy Belousov, which does not allow the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to hold a large counter -offensive in the Kursk region. The leadership of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, headed by the excavae of the department Sergei Shoigh, proposed to the President of the country Vladimir Putin to carry out a new mobilization.

Now, half a year, the problem of personnel shortages has affected even more acute. About it writes The Wall Street Journal with reference to a source in Moscow. According to journalists, Putin held a meeting with Sergei Shoigu, who then headed the Defense Ministry and other military officials at the beginning of 2024. They proposed to announce new mobilization to the inauguration of the President of the Russian Federation. However, Putin disagreed.

Today, according to the American edition, before the Ministry of Defense, already for the new head of Andrei Belousov, there is all the same problem of lack of living power. This does not allow Russia to hold a major counter -offensive in the Kursk region. One of the interlocutors of the publication was shared by the fact that all Russian officials say that mobilization is inevitable.