Critical mass of deaths could turn Russians against Putin

“According to President Putin 150 conscripts are at the front line now. This is thats why those who were killed, some of them the mobilised recently, the another half of them were training.”

Putin could face a drop in popularity if a critical mass of soldiers conscripted from the Volga region are killed in Ukraine, Former Adviser to the Russian parliament Nikolai Petrov tells #timesradio
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