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Putin will draft 300,000 new troops after September elections, Zelenskiy says

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23-08-2026 | 05:39

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Putin will draft 300,000 new troops after September elections, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine believes Russia is planning to ‌mobilise an additional 300,000 troops for its war effort after parliamentary ⁠elections in September, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

In comments to reporters released on Sunday, Zelenskiy added that Russia ‌could ⁠draft hundreds of thousands more in 2027 for its ⁠key goal of capturing the rest of ⁠Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

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