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Russia to Mobilise 600,000 Troops This Year and Next, Ukraine Says
Ukraine says Russian intelligence has prepared a 600,000-person mobilization plan as recruitment shortfalls and battlefield losses mount.
- On Thursday, Ukrainian intelligence agencies reported Russia plans to mobilize 600,000 recruits across 2026 and 2027, with the Russian General Staff intending to add 300,000 troops each year.
- Russia lost about 240,000 personnel between January-July 2026, prompting political leadership to view this mobilization as a response to steady personnel losses and recruitment slowdowns.
- Internal Russian documents indicate dissatisfaction with the war reaches 69% in some regions, while contract recruitment in Volgograd has fallen 40% compared with 2025.
- Moscow is implementing electronic mobilization orders and coercive measures including bans on leaving Russia and obtaining loans, while businesses expand military registration departments with over 2,500 new vacancies posted.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky stated earlier this week that Russia will likely wait until after September State Duma elections to initiate mobilization, targeting the "fortress belt" cities in Donetsk Oblast.
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Russia to mobilise 600,000 troops this year and next, Ukraine says
Ukrainian intelligence said Moscow has already decided to call up 300,000 this year and 300,000 in 2027, driven by massive losses and a collapse in voluntary recruitment. Kyiv expects the announcement to come after September's elections.
·Lyon, France
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According to Ukrainian intelligence data, the Russian authorities will be planning to recruit 300,000 people this year and another 300,000 next year.
·Lisboa, Portugal
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Russia plans additional mobilization of 600,000 people in 2026-2027 - intelligence Intelligence reports on Russia's plans to recruit 300,000 people in 2026 and 2027. Some may be trained in Belarus.
·Kyiv, Ukraine
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