When Vladimir Putin #announced a partial #mobilisation of Russian men in September last year.

Some of his colleagues are now in Kazakhstan, having also left Russia after #mobilisation began, but his internet connection via a long-range #antenna

Moscow is planning a renewed spring #offensive with troop numbers bolstered by a partial #mobilisation since the end of September.

The vocational #college was packed with conscripts at the #time - men who were among the 300,000 called up in President Vladimir Putin's partial #mobilisation in September.