Putin denies plans to mobilise more troops for Ukraine war
(Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP) 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.
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting onboard the Russian Navy’s guided missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of a Pacific Fleet’s naval drills on far eastern Sakhalin Island on August 12, 2026.
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