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)

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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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