Reports come from the Institute for the Study of War. With the mobilization that Russian ruler Vladimir Putin announced, American observers have noted that Russia is experiencing major structural issues.
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Men who do not match the requirements set forth by the Kremlin are summoned by military commissars. Vladimir Putin and Sergey Shoigu, the Minister of Defense of Russia, promised that the mobilization of battle-ready reservists – mostly soldiers with combat experience – is subject to mobilization.
However, social media users claim that students, the elderly, and those without military experience are instead sent summonses.
"Even while early mobilization mistakes during a failed war are relatively comprehensible, they show that the infrastructure for mobilization was not more ready for a big conflict than the armed forces. It exposed a dysfunctional bureaucracy that will probably be unable to produce the required combat-ready reserve, according to the ISW
U.S. experts warned that by focusing on demotivated individuals who might start to voice their outrage, the Kremlin hopes to retake the upper hand in the conflict. A failing mobilization effort could fuel the growing frustration among those who favor an armed invasion of Ukraine.
Particularly, Chechnya's president Ramzan Kadyrov has already declared that the republic will not mobilize because the conscription plan therein "has been exceeded by 254%."
"Kadyrov's speech is a disturbing indicator for the Kremlin," ISW said. "It suggests that even Kadyrov feels popular discontent if one of the most zealous war backers feels the need to forsake the mobilization of his compatriots."