Russia has not suspended mobilisation and is considering the possibility of conscripting an additional 450,000 people, Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, has said.
Source: Budanov, in an interview with Krym.Realii (Crimea.Realities, a project by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Quote: "Now they are considering the option of conscripting an additional 450,000, although this issue has not yet been fully resolved."
Details: Budanov emphasised that mobilisation in the Russian Federation has not stopped. Last autumn, they conscripted about 350,000 Russians. But covert mobilisation continues all the time, and currently 20,000 to 22,000 people are called up every month.
"In itself, this leads to the next question: why such a number if the losses are, as they say, negligible? Well, you will see that the truth is somewhere in the middle," Budanov explained.
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Reble77 on August 25th, 2023 at 10:09 UTC »
450,000 to the meat grinder Putin is killing all of Russia's young men and its future recovery. What a great plan by an old man
snakesnake9 on August 25th, 2023 at 09:30 UTC »
Putin, the man who is perfectly fine with sending thousands of his own people to their deaths for the sake of his own vanity project.
EightandaHalf-Tails on August 25th, 2023 at 09:27 UTC »
I don't understand how anyone in Russia can still think the war is going well for them.