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


KYIV, Aug 23 (Reuters) - 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.