New York Times“The drive to coerce Ukrainians into fighting fellow Ukrainians is part of a broader, albeit risky, effort by Moscow to mobilize hundreds of thousands of new fighters as its forces suffer huge casualties and struggle to contain Ukrainian advances to the east and south.”
“It comes at the same time as a Russian-orchestrated vote that sets the stage for the Kremlin to cleave Ukraine through an annexation that has been widely condemned around the world.”