Russia has no present need to mobilise more men for its Ukraine offensive, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, describing speculation about another military call-up as Ukrainian “disinformation”.
Putin last ordered a “partial mobilisation” of reservists in 2022, following a string of military setbacks on the battlefield in Ukraine.
That order, which the Kremlin said applied to 300,000 people only out of population of around 140 million, was highly unpopular and prompted an exodus of draft-age men from Russia.
The Kremlin has repeatedly denied plans for another call-up.
“There is no scenario today that would require mobilisation,” Putin told a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
