Aug. 23, 2026
Zelensky said Russia could draft more troops in 2027 to reach an overall goal of 500,000.
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Ukraine thinks Russia is planning to draft an additional 300,000 troops for its war effort after Russian parliamentary elections in mid-September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Moscow's forces are pressing ahead with an effort to capture the rest of eastern Ukraine's industrialized Donbas region, where its troops have ground forward at what Kyiv says is a great cost.
