Russian soldiers. Stock photo: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russia is preparing to carry out additional mobilisation in the autumn after its sham parliamentary elections.
Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 11 August
Quote: "There was a report from Defence Intelligence of Ukraine – Oleh Ivashchenko [Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine] – on preparations for Russian mobilisation. Everything is confirmed by internal Russian documents: they are preparing it for autumn, just after the sham parliamentary elections.
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