“The purpose was to try to give a veneer of legitimacy to Vladimir Putin at home because of his problems abroad…we are now into the third war of his failed effort to conquer Ukraine. We’re now looking at Russia possibly having to mobilise hundreds of thousands of more personnel if they actually want to try to conquer Ukraine.”After his election ‘show’ Putin faces a series of mounting concerns surrounding the war in Ukraine including the Russian economy and a new round of conscription, Prof. Scott Lucas tells Frontline on #TimesRadio