What you call 12 districts of reservists is a part of regular 2-3 days gatherings for basic military exercises for conscripts which are held all over Russia every now and then. This one happened from 24 Jan to 26 Jan, was held in various regions of the Central Military district and included about 9000 participants. I don't see how it is connected with Ukrainian invasion. With that logic, you can claim anything being connected. Like there was a nuclear buzzer check in Moscow last year, does that mean Moscow is getting ready for an immenent nuclear strike?
They only recently claimed every deployment so far is an exercise which is a load of crap. Russia has made nothing but threats for weeks, saying they will make their own security situation better if NATO doesn’t!
Loved ones were not balling their eyes out hugging them as the men left to get on the train for a dam exercise!
They would have announced it beforehand but it gives Putin an out if he decides not to attack so he doesn’t look like a wussy to his people in his party!
They have encircled Ukraine as much as they can and it’s not an exercise though you can call it a picnic for all I care.
The woodpecker has been going for decades and has gone off and on since the fall of the Berlin Wall, nobody knows exactly what it’s for but Russian spooks!