RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Putin’s Ultimate Catch-22: Martial Law or Frontline Collapse? 🇷🇺🔒The Kremlin is whispering about desperate measures. According to the independent Russian outlet Verstka, Moscow is actively debating whether to declare martial law right after the September elections. The goal is simple: maximize control for the security apparatus and silence the public before launching another massive mobilization wave.Finnish MP and Doctor of Military Science, Jarno Limnell, points out that Putin has successfully backed himself into a perfect geopolitical ’s a text-book dilemma with no good options:If Putin avoids a new draft to keep the peace at home, his ex

Putin’s Ultimate Catch-22: Martial Law or Frontline Collapse? 🇷🇺🔒The Kremlin is whispering about desperate measures. According to the independent Russian outlet Verstka, Moscow is actively debating whether to declare martial law right after the September elections. The goal is simple: maximize control for the security apparatus and silence the public before launching another massive mobilization wave.Finnish MP and Doctor of Military Science, Jarno Limnell, points out that Putin has successfully backed himself into a perfect geopolitical  corner.It’s a text-book dilemma with no good options:If Putin avoids a new draft to keep the peace at home, his exhausted frontlines will eventually crumble.If he enforces martial law to drag hundreds of thousands of unwilling citizens into the war, he risks triggering a domestic explosion.  Limnell’s conclusion? The very fact that the Kremlin is weighing such extreme internal crackdowns is proof that Ukraine’s resilience is working. When a regime fears its own people, the cracks are wide open

— @jalle51 Jul 30, 2026