Russian President Vladimir Putin is combating widespread unrest for the first time amid the invasion of Ukraine after ordering an unpopular 'partial mobilization.'
Former national security adviser to Trump and Pence gives his take on responding to the Russia-Ukraine conflict on 'America Reports.'announcement of a"partial mobilization" that will compel citizens to join the fight in Ukraine could backfire on the authoritarian leader, causing unrest that risks weakening his grip on Russia's population.
Putin's announcement came after Ukrainian forces launched a largely successful counteroffensive that put the Russian military on its heels in several regions, another setback in a war that has rarely gone according to script for Moscow.
The result has been widespread backlash, with protests erupting and multiple military recruitment centers being attacked or set on fire. In Russia's Irkutsk region, a military recruitment officer was shot, while in the Omsk region, a fight broke out between drafted men and local police tasked with forcing them on to busses.
Putin's decisions have awoken a population that had seemingly been disinterested in the events unfolding in Ukraine, in part because of Putin's propaganda pushed through Russian media and the threat severe punishments for those who do speak out.conflict began Russian President Vladimir Putin vows to strengthen Russia's military cooperation with its allies at the Army 2022 International Military and Technical Forum in the Patriot Park outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 15, 2022.
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