Russia’s mobilization plans point to mass conscription of up to 700,000 reservists — General Staff
A massive forced mobilization of the population in Russia and the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine will begin in the near future due to Russia's heavy losses at the front, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff said in its morning report on Sept. 11.
The Kremlin wants to mobilize from 400,000 to 700,000 people, as well as another 40,000 people from the Chechen Republic.
The General Staff said the Chechens are likely to be used as a "barrier squad" behind Russian troops — a Soviet-era practice in which a line of troops behind the attacking force shoots any of their own soldiers who attempt to retreat.
Highlights from the General Staff summary posted on Facebook:
30 combat clashes took place over the past day;
Russian forces launched five missile and carried out 87 air strikes, and fired 44 times from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian Defense Forces’ positions and populated areas;
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Russia attacked Ukraine with 33 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones, of which 26 were shot down by air defense systems;
About 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson oblasts came under enemy artillery fire;
On the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi areas in the north of the country, the Russian military continues to maintain a grouping of troops covering the state border to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian soldiers to areas under threat;
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On the Bakhmut axis, Ukrainian troops have partial success in the area of Klishchiyivka in Donetsk Oblast;
On the Avdiyivka, Maryinka, and Shakhtarsk sections of the front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have the initiative, are holding back the enemy and conducting assault operations;
Ukrainian defenders are successfully holding the line in the areas of Keramik, Avdiyivka, Sievierne, Maryinka, and Rivnopillya in Donetsk Oblast, where the enemy made about 20 unsuccessful attempts to force Ukrainian troops from their positions over the past day;
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On the Melitopol section of the front, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to advance, inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment on the Russian army, and consolidating their positions;
In the Kherson area, Ukrainian troops continue to conduct counter-battery combat, destroying supply depots and successfully striking at the enemy's rear; Ukrainian Defense Forces aviation conducted 11 strikes on areas where Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated over the last day; missile troops hit eight enemy artillery units.
Earlier, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in its evening report that the Ukrainian Defense Forces have partially succeeded in the areas of Klishchiyivka, Donetsk Oblast, and Robotyne, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, pushing the enemy out of their positions and consolidating their own positions.
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