Mobilization has not met the hopes of the Russian command - ISW

The Russian troops made little progress along the front lines. Mobilization did not help them either. This is reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Specialists pointed out that the additional reserves thrown to the front do not allow the Russian troops to advance where they want. A particularly painful point for the Russian army is now Bakhmut. As noted in ISW, Russia falsifies claims of an offensive in the Bakhmut region in order to depict its successes in at least one sector against the backdrop of heavy losses in the northeast and south of Ukraine.

As analysts write: Completed mobilization in Russia is unlikely to have a decisive impact on Russia's combat power.

They also indicate that the recruitment into the army will allow the Russian Federation to send about 150 thousand fighters to the front sometime in November:

Russia's already abandoned 41,000 poorly trained troops into Ukraine may have temporarily bolstered Russia's defensive lines, but these reservists have not yet faced the full brunt of a major and well-prepared Ukrainian counter-offensive.

Thus, the deployment of an additional 110,000 mobilized in combat units is unlikely to change the trajectory of the war, analysts say.

It is known that the Russian occupation authorities plan to impose Russian citizenship on Ukrainian citizens in the occupied parts of Ukraine by October 30. As analysts admit, probably in order to legalize the forced mobilization of Ukrainian civilians as part of the autumn conscription cycle on November 1.