Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that the Russian authorities have ruled out for the time being initiating a second military mobilization after the one announced by President Vladimir Putin at the end of September.
Although Peskov did not want to speak on behalf of the representatives of the Defense Ministry, he remarked that the Kremlin «is not discussing this», referring to a possible second mobilization of troops in the framework of the war in Ukraine.
The Russian authorities announced on September 21 the beginning of a «partial mobilization» of the population after the successive setbacks suffered by the Russian forces in Ukraine at that time.
Putin argued the decision as a «necessary and urgent measure to protect Russia’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity». The mobilization announcement raised criticism in the country and numerous protests were registered in several cities of the Euro-Asiatic nation.
A little over a month later, on October 28, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported the end of the mobilization after managing to recruit some 300,000 people.
