which facts should be taken first, what are the consequences of this may we be in touch with leonid polyakov to the director of the national institute of strategic studies and also ex-deputy minister of defense of ukraine, mr. leonid, i congratulate you. good evening, mr. serhiy. good evening to you. in your opinion, what exactly pushed putin to such a decision regarding announcement of partial mobilization although , in my opinion, partial mobilization does not happen at all, what were the prerequisites and what consequences will it have from the point of view of the directly political regime of putin, of course. this is not some single factor it took place. yes, the circumstances are several factors . maybe not even a few are very many, but i would start with the fact that, well, mobilization in itself means filling some space with personnel, this project was formed as a result of the fact that the hidden mobilization, which was carried out in various ways before that, had already stopped giving an influx of people reserves and it was necessary to think about something further, but this is