This was long coming as Ukraine with the help of the US, the UK and its allies equipped and trained hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to fight Russia.
These huge numbers of newly trained and equipped Ukrainian soldiers with the help of NATO intelligence had started overstretching Russian forces in eastern and southern Ukraine.
But the biggest reason which forced Putin to order partial mobilisation was the idea of liberated territories by Russian forces to conduct a referendum to join Russia, this meant that Russia had no choice but to protect its borders and territories once those eastern and southern parts of Kherson, Donetsk, Lugansk join Russia.
Recently reports began circulating that Ukraine with the help of the west was planning sabotage against Russia’s nuclear plants on Russian territory and assassination of officials put in place to govern liberated territories in eastern Ukraine.
That’s why Putin today come out and issued a warning to Ukraine and its backers that the time for playing games is over. ” Washington is pushing Keiv to transfer hostilities to the territory of the Russian Federation, a nuclear blackmail has been used.”
“When its territorial integrity is threatened, Russia used all available means, this is not a bluff”. The last sentence was meant to send a clear message that he means what he says.
For Putin, it was wrong for the Soviet Union to fall without fighting and that is why he has decided that this time Russia will fight to the end to defend itself.
