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/
"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/
With some estimated 170,000 on Ukraine's borders, Russia has been working on creating casus belli for invasion of Ukraine.
On Feb17 Russia escalated hostilities roughly tenfold in the Donbas and keeps up, creating in Russian media a picture of aggressive Ukraine intending to "invade the Donbas" (what for, they don't specify).
12:11 #Horlivka: "Heavy gun fire outgoing from us, now. The area of #Herasymenka St. Special offer 'Just Stop Shooting' [=sarcasm, one of @ZelenskyyUa's electoral narratives, what he considers as a way to 'stop the war']"