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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 they're 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