Russia considers mobilising another 450,000 people – Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Chief

Russia has not suspended mobilisation and is considering the possibility of conscripting an additional 450,000 people, Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, has said.

Source: Budanov, in an interview with Krym.Realii (Crimea.Realities, a project by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Quote: "Now they are considering the option of conscripting an additional 450,000, although this issue has not yet been fully resolved."

Details: Budanov emphasised that mobilisation in the Russian Federation has not stopped. Last autumn, they conscripted about 350,000 Russians. But covert mobilisation continues all the time, and currently 20,000 to 22,000 people are called up every month.

"In itself, this leads to the next question: why such a number if the losses are, as they say, negligible? Well, you will see that the truth is somewhere in the middle," Budanov explained.

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