Originally Posted by
pattern_is_full
Seems to me memos to civilians to have an emergency bag packed, make bandages, and so on, were referenced earlier in the thread - the subtext being "YOU could be a mobilznik on a one-way trip to Mariupol - at any time!"
I suspect it is more about keeping the populace frightened and malleable by scaremongering about Western nuclear attacks - if they think they are under threat of WW3 they are far less likely to be protesting in the streets.