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Putin dragging his feet on mobilization despite troop shortages exposed by Kursk incursion
Amid speculation that the Kremlin is considering a new mobilization of conscripts, some potential draftees say they are not enthusiastic about defending their country’s territory just over a month after the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast. "I won't go (to the front). I swore an oath to