Putin decides new attempt to capture Kyiv is untimely
During a meeting with the Russian press, President Vladimir Putin considered whether the Russian army needed to attempt another assault on Kyiv and decided that this would be untimely.
Source: Russian media, citing President Putin during a meeting with Russian military journalists
Quote from Putin: "Should we advance on Kyiv? If we do, we’d need a mobilisation campaign, and if we don’t then we don’t. There is currently no need for mobilisation."
Details: Putin also said that Russia does not need mobilisation because the recruitment of contract soldiers is "going well".
Putin during a meeting with military reporters
Previously: In March 2023, Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence reported that Russia was continuing a covert mobilisation campaign, preparing for further mobilisation measures to keep up its war effort in Ukraine.
In late 2022, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that Russia was training about 200,000 new soldiers and said he thought they would try and attack the city of Kyiv again.
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