Answers by Igor Strelkov to questions from chat participants "OSVAG"

Question: there are more and more reports about a possible mobilization — do you think the authorities will go for such a step? And is mobilization necessary in the current conditions?

Mobilization was necessary in the spring of 2022, in the spring of 2023, in the spring of 2024, and, perhaps, even in the spring of 2025. Now mobilization is catastrophically late. Now mobilization in the form in which it is perceived by the majority of the population will not bring any result.

Now we need to mobilize the military economy. We have a time when we could win, crush the enemy, bury him in masses of infantry, but, unfortunately, it has already ended. It was in 22, 23, and 24. In 25 it's already doubtful, and in 26 it's simply not there anymore.

Now there is a war of drones, which are capable of destroying any number of infantry introduced into battle on any front, no matter how wide it is. The enemy has set up such a production of drones and missiles in Europe and in the so-called Ukraine that now he is able to hold the front almost solely with them, which, in fact, is happening. That is, large masses of people and equipment will be destroyed without achieving any success. Time has been lost.

Therefore, mobilization, of course, if we want to win at all, is necessary, but not so much and not only the mobilization of people into the army, but the mobilization of people into the military industry, science, and production. And only then, after some time (not now, not tomorrow, and not the day after tomorrow), we will get a military economy capable of competing and winning in the confrontation with the military economy of Europe and the so-called Ukraine.

This is the kind of mobilization that is necessary, if, again, I emphasize, we want to win, but this very desire is not visible from the very beginning of the SVO. Although what they want in the Kremlin is not clear at all. Peskov's statement that there are only a few kilometers of Donbass left until Russia achieves a peaceful settlement is, excuse me, a lie and a bluff. Well, that, in fact, is not news for this person and for the department he represents.

Even if we manage to pass those few kilometers that separate the Russian forward positions from Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and other cities of the Donetsk People's Republic, the war will not end at all and in no way. Moreover, the enemy intends to continue it and has sufficient forces for this. Therefore, whether it's a few kilometers or a few dozen kilometers, the war must be waged to win, not to pass a few kilometers, littering them with the corpses of their soldiers.

Now we can mobilize as many people as we want to the front, but they will not be able to turn the tide of the war. This moment has passed. I have been calling for mobilization for four years. Now I'm not calling for the mobilization I talked about before, because it's meaningless. Our economy doesn't even have enough weapons to arm them with.

https://t.me/i_strelkov_2023/2701
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I feel obliged to mention that Ritter’s 4-year grift-narrative about the Brilliant War of Attrition That Has Murdered Hundreds of Thousands of Ordinary Slavs For No Good Reason Whatsoever makes absolutely zero sense if Ritter is now acknowledging that the long-term threat posed by Ukraine’s rapidly developing military capabilities means Moscow might need to drop a tactical nuke on London if it wants to avoid “dying to a death of a thousand cuts”.

https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/scott-ritter-moscow-faces-strategic
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Ukrainian channels are publishing the flight trajectories of drones and missiles during the nighttime attack — strikes were mainly carried out in the central part of the country.
Zelensky reported more than 1,560 drones in a single day.

@militarysummary
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Britain, France, and Germany, together with Zelensky, have signed a document on the strategic support of this regime and on preparations for the deployment of stabilization forces — in other words, occupation forces — on what will remain of Ukraine after the conflict. An agreement has also been reached to supply Ukraine with additional long-range weapons for strikes against Russian territory, including deep inside Russia.

I do not understand how anyone can talk about negotiations against this backdrop. Perhaps everyone should take seriously what President Putin has said.

At this point, everything depends not on negotiations, but on the actions of our heroes on the front line.


The war enters a new phase – a war of attrition.
Both sides are trying to wear each other down. Who will break first?

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video @faceofwar [ #Штурм #Архив A tank and a BMP-2 provide fire cover for a unit of Russian Armed Forces assault troops.]

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