The communists break the taboo: they speak of "war" and ask Vladimir Putin to call up

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Although it is mandatory in

to refer to the attack on

as a

, the country's second political party, the

, has broken the taboo.

The leader of the Russian Communists,

, called the "special operation in the

" a

and called for a general mobilization.

And he did so by speaking at a meeting in the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, days after a sudden Ukrainian offensive forced Russia to abandon almost the entire

region of Ukraine .

"How is a special military operation different from a war? You can stop the military operation at any time. You cannot stop the war, it ends in victory or defeat," he proclaimed before the deputies.

"

. There is no need to be scared. We need a complete mobilization of the country, we need completely different laws," Zyuganov said.

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His break with the official narrative comes as Russia continues to massively launch criminal cases against citizens under new laws on "fake news" and "discrediting" the military for denouncing the "war."

Even against politicians.

In July

, a councilor from the

district , was sentenced to seven years because he called the "special military operation" in

a "war" and spoke about the deaths of Ukrainian children.

In August Gorinov wrote a letter from the pre-trial detention center, in which he said that he was denied medical assistance and that he could barely breathe.

The Kremlin: we do not mobilize the population

The

assures that a national mobilization to reinforce the country's military campaign in

is not on the table .

spokesman

said

criticism from various nationalist spokesmen, many of them calling for mobilization, is an example of "pluralism" in

.

Peskov believes that Russians as a whole continue to support President

.

More radical commentators, normally supportive of

's Defense Ministry

said on Saturday that it was leaving

's northeastern

region .

The Russian military is at pains to portray it as a "regroupment" after last week's lightning counteroffensive.

Different voices of nationalism suggested that only a large-scale national mobilization could rectify the situation.

Now

is under pressure from warmongers and pacifists.

After a weekend of strong setbacks on the battlefield for

, the trickle continues: there are already more than 80 mayors of Russian cities that demand Putin's departure.

In St. Petersburg they ask to bring charges against him for "treason".

In Moscow they denounce that "his government hinders the development of Russia."

Smaller cities such as Samara or Novgorod have joined the movement

The war begins to enter the real life of the Russians.

Sometimes with all its crudeness.

At least one person was killed and four others were injured in shelling at the border checkpoint in

, a town in Russia's

region .

This time all the victims were actually Ukrainian nationals.

This was announced by the Governor of the

region .

The city of Belgorod is located about 30 kilometers from different sections of the Ukrainian border and its daily life has been disrupted by the attacks.

The same thing happened in Crimea in the summer and, to a lesser extent, in the Rostov area, where mysterious explosions have occurred.

"Russians need answers"

After expelling Russian troops from almost the entire

region , Ukrainian forces are now positioned to attack

, the easternmost territory, relatively more industrialized and where

has some support (especially since the Russians rule there). chieftains installed by the

in 2014).

The Russian leader has made Donbas the center of his warmongering justifications.

The razed cities in

are actually a surgical campaign to defend Russian-speakers, according to him.

The head of the Russian channel RT and one of the main Kremlin propagandists,

, calls for even more drastic action:

," Simonan cried on Rossiya 24 channel. "It's been a long time and society needs some answers."

Putin has given no sign of being ready for a new approach or further explanation.

In the course of the war he has shown no signs of relenting despite the fiasco of taking kyiv or Kharkov.

Last week he insisted that Russia "has lost nothing and will lose nothing" in this conflict.

But, gradually, what happens on the front is more and more commented and receives more response.

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