BBC Chinese Service reported tonight (March 2nd): "Russia is taking measures to expand its army. President Putin ordered the conscription of 160,000 men aged 18 to 30, which is the highest number of conscripts in Russia since 2011."
[Smart Comment]: Against the backdrop of the resumption of US-Russia negotiation process and the deadlock in the US-Ukraine mineral agreement negotiations, Putin has reinforced strategic initiative by military mobilization. This move can consolidate Russia's existing control areas in eastern Ukraine while attempting to use troop superiority to gain more bargaining chips for subsequent negotiations. After all, battlefield situation remains the most hardcore bargaining capital in the geopolitical博弈 between Russia and Ukraine.
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