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Numerous reports indicate Russia's partial mobilization has been disorganized and arbitrary. DW spoke to some who received draft notices even though they should not have.

Russians try to evade military call-up after Putin's order for partial mobilization. Also: Greek tankers are carrying record levels of Russian crude oil just months before the EU ban.

"I think theyre setting themselves up for another disaster," Lt. General Russel Honoré (U.S. Army, ret.) told Newsweek.

"I've been to two goat-ropes and a county fair, and I ain't never seen nothing like this before."

Vladimir Putin’s announcement of partial mobilization on September 21 signaled a major escalation of the war and caught the world’s attention. Putin was forced to do this because of battlefield reverses and a shortage of personnel. Other sources of personnel are drying up. Many commentators have pointed to training and equipment challenges, which will be real, but not

A record turnout according to the Russian occupiers, a sham according to Ukrainian observers — eyewitnesses told DW how they experienced the so-called referendums in the Russian-occupied regions.

A Russian mixed martial arts champion was summoned by the Russian military to fight in Ukraine as part of its partial mobilization.

The Russian economist noted that his spring forecast of a 10% plunge in Russias GDP looks "overly optimistic" today.

A growing number of Russian men are trying to leave their country to avoid being drafted into the army. Many in Germany are willing to grant them asylum. But the Ukrainian community is more than skeptical.

Dagestan in the Caucasus and Buratiya in the Far East are the most restive as the Kremlin conscripts more soldiers for Ukraine.