CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT .....it was very big .....
The announcement of mobilization was seen as a significant escalation of Russia's military efforts in the war with Ukraine. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia had a "huge mobilization reserve" and planned to mobilize 300,000 recruits.
....and it wasn't enough ... .it'll need to be done again and will be hugely unpopular in russia .....which is why putin keeps avoiding it
