columns, emeritus professor of the military, laurence friedman, he's just strategic enough, you have very thoughtfully and judiciously, because he sees a lot ahead and you have to do some mental work of your own to appreciate his vision, he's a really powerful person in terms of evaluating strategic changes and in geopolitics and, first of all, in the field , well, you must have read: his last column, where he analyzes, where he says, in particular, that now everyone is focused on the fact that ukraine has made meager gains during his offensive in 2023, but he says that notice that russia has put in even more effort, suffered even more loss and gained even less, just as the whole of 2023 is advancing, and yes, indeed, when we try again there to evaluate... the results of last year, we all say, oops, there the contrast was not unsuccessful, but if we look at the entire front line, we will remember that the front has shrunk, the number of russian troops from 180 thousand. increased to 450,000, that is, actually to half a million, and with these conditions, with such a number of personn

hopes for a change of power there, he will have to carry out a new mobilization, according to laurence friedmanrwise, maybe now is the best time for putin to really begin the cautious probing, freezing of the conflict, so to speak, in ukraine, that is. a certain suspension of the war, what do you think about the scenario described by mr. friedman? well, first of all, we say that the mobilization resources in the russian federation are not unlimited, many analysts say, yes, they are unlimited, i just know russia and its capabilities, so they could grab everyone, but on the other hand , this model of hidden mobilization is a direct mobilization is planned, this is the involvement under... the force format of quotas for each region, how much to raise according to unofficial mobilizations, these are mercenaries, these are convicts , these are private structures that form private units for the armed forces of russia, these are special services that recruit people, that is, through various channels, that is, this whole armada has already been tested, and the 23rd year showed everything that they had