Russia preparing to mobilise extra 500,000 conscripts, claims Ukraine
by Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv and Pjotr Sauer from World news | The Guardian on (#67J7E)
Kyiv's deputy military intelligence chief says force will form part of new offensives over spring and summer
Ukraine's military intelligence has claimed that Russia is set to order the mobilisation of as many as 500,000 conscripts in January in addition to the 300,000 it called up in October, in another apparent sign that Vladimir Putin has no intention of ending the war.
Vadym Skibitsky, Ukraine's deputy military intelligence chief, said Ukraine believed the conscripts would be part of a string of Russian offensives over the spring and summer in the east and south of the country.
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