Analysts say that Russia is short of manpower on the Ukrainian battlefield due to heavy losses. (File)
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry tweeted a hint to the Russian people, many of whom are leaving their country after President Vladimir Putin announced “partial mobilization”, meaning the call for thousands of troops to attend. equipment to take active duty in the ongoing war, and raise the specter of a nuclear attack.
“The Russians are now actively using Google to find a way to avoid mobilization and survive,” read Defense of Ukraine’s tweet on Thursday, “They would be better off if Google gave instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails while there was still time. .” The Molotov cocktail – homemade ‘petrol bombs’ – was the motif of the common Ukrainian resistance against Russian forces when the invasion began seven months ago.
Russians are now actively using Google to find ways to avoid movement and stay alive.
They would be better off if they Googled instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails while there was still time.– Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) September 21, 2022
The tweet mentions reports that Google searches for the phrase “How to leave Russia” have spiked in the country ahead of President Putin’s speech. One-way airfare out of Russia, sold out quickly as the President’s speech raised concerns that martial law could be imposed and that men of combat age would not be allowed to leave. There was a prolonged traffic jam on Russia’s border with Finland as visa holders tried to cross.
The maneuver – Russia’s first since the onslaught of Nazi Germany in World War 2 – is the biggest escalation of the Ukraine war since the invasion began in February. It comes after Ukraine recently fought back in some areas from Russian forces and militias it backs.
And now, it is officially described as “partial”, so it will attract more than 30,000 people to book in many months. Russia claims to have a reserve force of 2.5 people.
Flights depart from Moscow and St.Petersburg today. The @AP are reporting international flights departing from Russia have sold out or skyrocketed in price after Putin announced the mobilization of pre-bookers.
Search SVO, VKO, DME for Moscow airports and LED lights for St.Petersburg. pic.twitter.com/LV2PrkwPD9
– Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) September 21, 2022
President Putin was supposed to deliver his speech on Tuesday night, but moved it to Wednesday morning and amid the country’s lawmakers passed “martial law” and “mobilization” legislation. – a sign likely to drive a spike in searches on Google, second- visited the search engine in Russia after Yandex.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense also appreciated this when posting in a tweet: “Russians get 12 hours off so Google can answer all questions, including the question of the average life expectancy of a soldier. How much is Russia in Ukraine”. “
Western military analysts constantly believe that Russia is short of manpower on the Ukrainian battlefield due to heavy losses. Even Russian nationalists seem to believe this, as they have been calling for some form of mobilization for months to promote what they see as a stuttering campaign.
Amid all this, the Defense of Ukraine has been tweeting regularly. “We are liberating not only Ukrainian territory. We are also bringing our people home,” it wrote with a video on Thursday.
We are liberating not only Ukrainian territory. We are also bringing our people back home. Brave heroes who inspired the whole world to be free. Even on a day like this, we remember those who are still being held captive by the occupiers. We wait. We believe. They will also be released. pic.twitter.com/MSUGOxMcmw
– Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) September 21, 2022
In another tweet, it quoted the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, as saying: “We will destroy everyone who comes to our land with weapons, whether voluntarily or by maneuver.”
Chairperson Putin said in his speech“If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all available means to protect Russia and our people – this is not a hoax. .”
