Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and welcome back to all the members of the committee. It's been a few months.
Major-General, thank you for being here. Thank you to your team for being here. Thank you for your service to our country.
You had only a five-minute opening. I almost wish you had 20 or 25 minutes so you'd be able to really give us a feel for what's going on there.
You talked about how the Russians are looking to remobilize again. It feels like it was just yesterday they did that. I can recall having this fear that it was going to be very significant, much like the start of the war, when we thought it could be over very quickly. Then, of course, the resilience of the Ukrainians was something the world took notice of.
I'm wondering if you could describe quickly what that next remobilization looks like for Russia. Will it be 10,000 troops? Are they looking for 250,000 troops? Was the last one considered successful or was it considered a bit of a flop? As you'll recall, when we met a year ago, this war, this unjust war, was in the news every day. We saw it. It was top of mind for all of our allies and in Canada. Now we don't hear about it nearly as much.
Maybe you could give us your thoughts on the first remobilization by Russia—I think they entered into some conscription and things like that—whether that was successful, and what the new one might look like. Is that a regular thing? Is it something that's traditionally done, continually remobilizing and putting a call out for more soldiers?