Russia is failing to meet its 409,000-troop recruitment target in 2026, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU) on Tuesday. The SZRU, in a press release, said Russia has filled less than half of that target as of July, with only 195,000 contracts signed compared to the 204,500 target.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The agency added that the daily recruitment rate averaged around 1,070-1,090 troops per day, falling below the daily average of 1,200 between 2024-25. In June, independent Russian outlet Verstka said Russia’s recruitment dropped nationwide despite increased financial incentives. The outlet reported that Moscow sent 1,708 contract soldiers to the front in April and 1,378 in May – about 1,000 fewer recruits than during the same months last year. In June, a Russian lawmaker said Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin might announce a new wave of mobilization in autumn, after the State Duma elections, with senior officials in Kyiv sharing similar assessments. Troop losses exceed 1.4 million Russia has been facing mounting battlefield losses in recent months, recording net territorial losses in April for the first time since Ukraine’s August 2024 Kursk incursion. In May, Ukraine’s defense ministry said Russia lost more troops than it could replace for the fifth month in a row. As of July 14, Kyiv’s estimates put Russian troop losses – including those killed and wounded – at 1,120 over the past day, bringing the total since the start of the 2022 invasion to more than 1.4 million.