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Zelensky Warns Russia Preparing ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ for New Mobilization Push

Ukraine’s president says his intelligence services have obtained internal Russian documents showing plans to mobilize several hundred thousand more troops after Russia’s autumn parliamentary vote. If accurate, the push would deepen the war’s human toll in Russia and test Ukraine’s ability to withstand another wave of manpower on the front. Readers will see what Kyiv says is coming, why Moscow might risk it, and how it could reshape the next year of fighting.

Kyiv is warning that the Kremlin is preparing another massive wave of mobilization, a move that would signal Moscow’s intent to sustain high-intensity warfare in Ukraine well into next year despite political and social risks at home. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on 11 August that Ukrainian military intelligence has obtained internal Russian documents indicating plans for a large-scale call-up in the autumn, shortly after Russia’s planned parliamentary elections. He described those elections as an “imitation” designed to project domestic support for the war before sending fresh conscripts to the front. According to Zelensky’s account, which has not been independently verified, President Vladimir Putin’s plan is to mobilize several hundred thousand…

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