Thread by @loogunda

Thread on the mobilization in ORDLO from #Makiivka local:
"Preparations to mobilize the population began in Nov last year w/compiling lists of inhabitants and collecting registration cards. It dragged on for a long time." 1/

https://twitter.com/Jose_Pinoche/status/1495062612500963335

"An inspection in 1AK ("first amy corps" Donetsk-based army) revealed a complete failure of all prescriptions and many heads came off" 2/

"At the same time, the accumulation of materiel and POL began by rail and road. Everything was carried out as secretly as possible so as not to attract attention. " 3/

https://twitter.com/Jose_Pinoche/status/1495063351193440263

"We must honestly admit they succeeded. I was doubtful to the end and was not sure about the preparations for a big war." 4/

"As early as mid-January, the large number of the events and the frequency of the drills unequivocally hinted at preparing for something serious, but what exactly? " 5/

https://twitter.com/Jose_Pinoche/status/1495064039382302725

"Even Pushilin doesn't know the answer to this question - you can have no doubts about it. The order is given at the very last moment for the sake of surprise." 6/

"Last Friday, my sources in the 1AC made it clear that the mobilization wasn't a fiction, a mobilization order had already been written and the process of issuing draft notices was underway." 7/

https://twitter.com/Jose_Pinoche/status/1495064955720192009

"By about Feb11 everything was ready, the only difficulty in fulfilling it was the issuance of the draft notes - there is simply was no one to do it" 8/

"In such conditions, it was decided to involve city administration employees, medical personnel and teachers in the distribution of the notices." 9/

https://twitter.com/Jose_Pinoche/status/1495065941041987584

"That's what they're doing right now — they're delivering them to apartments and houses. I don't know the exact number of notices, but I think we are talking about 50-60K ppl." 10/

"The population was faced with the fact of mobilization in a typically Russian manner – at the very last moment." 11/

https://twitter.com/Jose_Pinoche/status/1495066831782043649

"Of course, for the most part, no one is going to go to the mil recruitment office. Those who bring the notices sabotage the whole process - there are few people willing to fight for who knows what. Mobilization will fail." 12/

"People are in a state of prostration and on the verge of hysteria. In addition to the mobilization, looking more like a simulation of great activity,.." 13/

https://twitter.com/Jose_Pinoche/status/1495067751320363009

"...there is a fake evacuation of women and children. No one hides the fact that this fuss is done solely for the sake of the TV picture." 14/

"To summarize, it should be noted that the rear part of the 1AC is completely unprepared to put 50,000 soldiers & officers under arms." 15/

https://twitter.com/Jose_Pinoche/status/1495068740102275076

"It's just a cover-up operation & creating panic among the civilian population under occupation. In case of a hot phase of the war, the regular troops of the RU Federation's Armed Forces will again go to war." 16/

"Thank you all for your attention. I'll go take antidepressants. My PM is open, but don't come with stupid questions." - who wants to know more may ask "Iosif Pinochet" with a private message

https://twitter.com/Jose_Pinoche/status/1495073752572469257

An article made out of this thread:

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1495365386711318530