The Russian President Vladimir Putin has deemed it necessary to mobilize additional 300,000 troops for the possible escalation of the US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, as a potential result of the formal ascension of at least four regions of Ukraine into the Russian Federation, and for which may involve the use of tactical nukes, supplied by some NATO states, this time around.

The measure will apply to members of the reserve forces and those with military experience.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization during an address to the nation on Wednesday morning. He said the Defense Ministry had recommended drawing military reservists into active service as the country faces a protracted conflict in Ukraine and Donbass.

The measure is sensible and necessary under the circumstances, Putin said, considering that Russia is fighting “the entire Western military machine” in Ukraine. He has already signed an order for the call-up to start immediately.

The move will see the armed forces draw on military reservists only, and those who have completed national service, the president added. He promised that they would be provided with additional training, along with all the benefits due to people involved in active duty.

Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu revealed some details about the mobilization in a separate statement on Wednesday. He said the ministry wanted to call to arms some 300,000 reservists, or just over 1% of Russia’s full mobilization potential.

Putin has accused Kiev of backing away from peace talks with Moscow, which he said it had done on the instructions of its Western backers. Instead, the Ukrainian government has doubled down on military action, he said.

“After certain compromises [with Moscow] were reached, Kiev received a de facto direct order to derail all agreements. More weapons were pumped into Ukraine. The Kiev regime deployed more gangs of international mercenaries and nationalists, military units trained to NATO standards and under de facto command of Western advisers,” Putin said.

Russian forces sent to Ukraine in February have secured a large portion of territory claimed by the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as parts of Ukraine, he said. The resulting front line stretches over 1,000km, the president pointed out.

He warned the US and its allies against ramping up pressure on Moscow. Western nations are openly pursuing a military defeat of Russia, seeking to push the country into insignificance and to loot its natural wealth, he stated.

“Parts of Western elites use every effort to preserve their dominance. That is why they try to block and suppress any sovereign centers of development, so that they can continue to brutally force their will on other nations and peoples, to impose their pseudo-values,” he explained. “Their goal is to weaken, disunite and ultimately destroy our nation.”

Some senior officials in NATO states have even suggested that using tactical nuclear weapons against Russian troops would be justified, according to Putin. The president stressed that Moscow would not hesitate to retaliate to such an attack with its own nuclear weapons.

If the territorial integrity of our nation is threatened, we will certainly use all the means that we have to defend Russia and our people.

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin, Address to the Nation Sept. 21, 2022

Putin also commented on the upcoming referendums in the two Donbass republics and two regions of Ukraine currently controlled to a large extent by Russian troops. The four entities are putting to a general vote a proposal to ask Moscow to accept them as new parts of the Russian Federation, with polling scheduled to start on Friday.

The Russian leader pledged to support the plebiscites in terms of security and said his government would respect whatever outcomes they produce. Russia’s goal is to protect civilians from the Ukrainian government, which had escalated the persecution of its opponents at home and had been using terrorist tactics against people living in Russia-controlled lands, Putin said. 

https://www.rt.com/russia/563209-putin-donbass-mobilization-ukraine/

Analysis

It is important to understand that while Russia can now afford to shell out a substantial budget for an additional 300,000 strong military personnel due to a substantial increase in gas revenues, a rather contrasting situation currently exists in the West.

With the economy in recession,

The US Department of Justice would like Congress to amend laws governing asset forfeiture, so money confiscated from Russian “kleptocrats” can be given to Ukraine, the head of the interagency sanctions task force Andrew Adams told the Senate on Tuesday while testifying at a hearing called “Tightening the Screws on Russia.” 

https://www.rt.com/russia/563195-doj-seized-assets-ukraine/

That’s obviously ironic considering that it was the West which imposed the all-encompassing sanctions against Russia in the first place, leading to the unending rise in energy cost in the US and EU member countries.

What this means is that the Western ruling elite really don’t care about the consequence of their policies towards their own citizens, but are only concern with the full satisfaction of their own desires for total power and greed.

Simply put, the Western ruling elite is the common enemy of the people not just from the BRICS+ countries, but also from the collective West. The most pressing question now is, when will the latter rise up to the occasion and remove their real enemy from within?

Such action should give us the possibility of a planetary-wide peace conducive for the more responsible use of technological advancements now solely applied in the military sphere only.