04:12Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg spoke on Wednesday about their attitude towards the partial mobilisation previously announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I do not dare to judge the relevance, because the leaders of the country probably know what they are doing. I think, time will tell what it will lead to. We should probably be ready for anything," said Moscow citizen Igor.
On the contrary, Georg, another resident of the capital, said that he is negative about the decision on partial mobilisation, as well as towards the military offensive on Ukraine.
"I have a negative attitude, a very negative [attitude], of course. [A negative attitude] to all happening in general, to a military offensive, which is already turning into an official war," he said.
According to Oleg, a resident of St. Petersburg, Russians should defend their homeland.
"Any normal Russian man, a normal adequate man, will go to fight for his homeland. Why? Because our Slavs brothers are there, our Motherland. Anyone will pay his debt and be a man<…> We are Russian people and we will stand up for ourselves," he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation during his video appeal on Wednesday. According to the decree, mobilisation begins on September 21.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Russia: 'We should be ready for anything' - Moscow and St Petersburg residents on partial mobilisation
Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg spoke on Wednesday about their attitude towards the partial mobilisation previously announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I do not dare to judge the relevance, because the leaders of the country probably know what they are doing. I think, time will tell what it will lead to. We should probably be ready for anything," said Moscow citizen Igor.
On the contrary, Georg, another resident of the capital, said that he is negative about the decision on partial mobilisation, as well as towards the military offensive on Ukraine.
"I have a negative attitude, a very negative [attitude], of course. [A negative attitude] to all happening in general, to a military offensive, which is already turning into an official war," he said.
According to Oleg, a resident of St. Petersburg, Russians should defend their homeland.
"Any normal Russian man, a normal adequate man, will go to fight for his homeland. Why? Because our Slavs brothers are there, our Motherland. Anyone will pay his debt and be a man<…> We are Russian people and we will stand up for ourselves," he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation during his video appeal on Wednesday. According to the decree, mobilisation begins on September 21.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg spoke on Wednesday about their attitude towards the partial mobilisation previously announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I do not dare to judge the relevance, because the leaders of the country probably know what they are doing. I think, time will tell what it will lead to. We should probably be ready for anything," said Moscow citizen Igor.
On the contrary, Georg, another resident of the capital, said that he is negative about the decision on partial mobilisation, as well as towards the military offensive on Ukraine.
"I have a negative attitude, a very negative [attitude], of course. [A negative attitude] to all happening in general, to a military offensive, which is already turning into an official war," he said.
According to Oleg, a resident of St. Petersburg, Russians should defend their homeland.
"Any normal Russian man, a normal adequate man, will go to fight for his homeland. Why? Because our Slavs brothers are there, our Motherland. Anyone will pay his debt and be a man<…> We are Russian people and we will stand up for ourselves," he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation during his video appeal on Wednesday. According to the decree, mobilisation begins on September 21.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.