So Russia had a demographics problem prior to the war. In some way, this may have been part of his motivation. 45 million new “Russian citizens” to pay taxes and make babies.
Now, he has killed off 50,000+ young men and seriously wounded another 100,000+. Who knows how many imprisoned and disappeared. Add to the the untold thousands of professionals who fled in the brain drain immediately after February 24.
The mobilization announcement has already blown up in his face. Protests are erupting all around the country. People are fleeing in any way possible, both legally and illegally. They have no way to train and equip any of the new conscripts.
Even if the mobilization was “successful” and they stopped or reversed the UKR battlefield gains, that isn’t even close to winning the war. They would face the most well-organized and well-funded insurgency basically ever. The Ukrainians are not giving up. Russian will continue to lose people and resources as long as they illegally occupy Ukrainian territory.
Putin is so, so fucked. He will be taken out internally.