High losses in the Ukraine war: Russia is preparing “silent mobilization’ Experts do not expect any official mobilization before the presidential elections in mid-March. Russia's strength is Europe's inertia - this is how the situation in Ukraine can be summarized two years after the full invasion by the Russian army.
Russia continues to pursue its goal of annexing at least parts of Ukraine. On the other hand, the fighting there ties up many of Ukraine's forces that it cannot deploy in the south of the country.