'Putin preparing to send more Russians to war' — Zelensky warns of mobilization, reveals figures showing Russian losses exceed recruitment
"A significant share of those wounds are severe, as frontline medical care in Russia is catastrophically poor," Zelensky said.Ukrainian officials have warned throughout the summer of a new wave of Russian mobilization, as the Kremlin continues to come up short of its recruitment goals, as casualty rates intensify. "Putin is preparing to simply send more Russians to war. "We have clear intelligence that Russia is preparing a new and quite significant wave of mobilization for the fall.
- ▪"A significant share of those wounds are severe, as frontline medical care in Russia is catastrophically poor," Zelensky said.Ukrainian officials have warned throughout the summer of a new wave of Russian mobilization, as the Kremlin contin
- ▪"Putin is preparing to simply send more Russians to war.
- ▪"We have clear intelligence that Russia is preparing a new and quite significant wave of mobilization for the fall.
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War'Putin preparing to send more Russians to war' — Zelensky warns of mobilization, reveals figures showing Russian losses exceed recruitmentJuly 26, 2026 1:53 am • 3 min readPreferon Googleby Dmytro BasmatRussian soldiers during the rehearsal of Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia on April 29, 2025 (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on July 25, citing intelligence reports, that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "preparing the conditions for expanding mobilization" as the toll of mounting Russian losses on the battlefield continues to surpass Russian recruitment efforts.In his evening address on July 25, Zelensky said that Moscow enlisted 221,000 people into Russia's Armed Forces thus far in 2026, while sustaining nearly…
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