Russia denies fresh mobilisation plans as analysts warn of post-election call-up and citizens research how to leave the country (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,617)

Russians now face the prospect that this war will soon reach directly into their wallets, freedoms and families, as recruitment is collapsing, refineries and warehouses are burning and half a million more men is possibly needed at the front.

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