Russia likely to mobilize at least 300,000 more troops to Ukraine war, Zelensky warns
Russia is likely to mobilize another 300,000 troops later this year, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as it tries to complete the capture of a long-coveted region of east Ukraine.
In wide-ranging remarks released Sunday, Zelensky said he expected that the Russians would end the year occupying the same amount of Ukrainian territory as at the beginning of the year, despite enormous losses of manpower.
“Russia has lost 267,000 personnel since the start of the year, including around 155,000 killed to date,” Zelensky claimed.
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Russian men are fleeing the country already. Don't want to end up in the meat grinder.
I'm wondering what's Putins personal projection for this war to end. Ukraine is innovating and producing its own war weapons and will be less reliant on outside aid as time goes on. Russia on the other hand has a real chance of completely breaking themselves if they can't capture kyiv soon enough.
russias leaning very hard into funding right wing governments all over eu so they would end the support, and also THE US. i dont think putin has a plan, other than to declare"victory" on captured territory.
also it will be mostly 300k ethnic russians, foreigners like from india/bangeledesh, sri lanka and some south american countries, maybe some african ones too, trying to avoid moscow and st petersberg as much as possible.
300,000 at 1,400 a day is about an extra 200 days of manpower. Way to go Putin!
Thanks to cowardly European politicians. Europe is too timid to help Ukraine. Greece has patriots, but not willing to help Ukraine
Err, the EU has given Ukraine billions of Euros in support, supplied training, equipment, logistics and intelligence.