Moscow youth raids spark mobilization fears as Russia struggles to recruit soldiers

Russian police detained over 200 young people in Moscow on Nov. 7, handing some of them military summonses, as Russia struggles to recruit enough men for its war against Ukraine.

Ivan Chuvilyaev, spokesperson for the Russian anti-war group Idite Lesom (Get Lost), calls this part of Russia's "hybrid mobilization" — recruiting men through pressure and other methods without announcing another formal mobilization.

"They simply cast a wide net, and whoever gets caught gets caught," he told the Kyiv Independent.

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