Alexander, 33, found out about Vladimir Putin’s decision to order a partial mobilisation during an emotional call from his wife.
“Sasha, they can take you,” she told him shortly after he’d arrived at his office in downtown Moscow.
While Alexander had served in the army as a conscript nearly 15 years ago, he never saw combat. That puts him comparatively low in the mobilisation draft, Russia’s first since the second world war.
#Ukraine: Another Russian BMP-2 IFV was hit by Ukrainian drone-dropped munitions, penetrating the thin top armour.pic.twitter.com/6cGcJimxZ0
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) September 21, 2022
