Russian President Vladimir Putin is making ready to escalate the conflict in Ukraine by mobilising half 1,000,000 new fighters in weeks, his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky has warned.
Citing Ukrainian intelligence, Zelensky stated that Putin plans for this mobilisation after Russia’s parliamentary elections in late September.
“Putin isn’t able to cease this conflict. Our intelligence reviews that he’s making ready for mobilisation. He desires to do it after his elections to the Duma on September 21,” Zelensky wrote in a put up on X final month after an interview with Sky Information.
Putin isn’t able to cease this conflict. Our intelligence reviews that he’s making ready for mobilization. He desires to do it after his elections to the Duma on September 21. He desires to extend mobilization. Not overtly, as a result of he’s afraid of his society, however he’ll do it on the… pic.twitter.com/xncgedew8l
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 27, 2026
He wrote that Putin won’t mobilise new fighters “overtly” as he’s “afraid of his society”. The Ukrainian chief additionally wrote that Russia will be unable to coach an enormous quantity of individuals rapidly and there shall be “poorly skilled folks on the battlefield.
“This, in flip, means a variety of losses,” he added.
Turkish Minister Warns Putin May Use His “Final Choice”
In the meantime, as Ukraine continues to strike deep inside Russian territory, Turkish Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan has sounded the alarm that the conflict may push Putin to a degree the place he makes use of his “final possibility” – which is nuclear weapons.
“When a conflict of attrition on the entrance turns into attrition within the rear, the query is now not whether or not to lose the conflict, however whether or not you’ll live on as a nation. You employ the final resort you may have,” Fidan stated in Anadolu’s Editor’s Desk programme, referring to Russia’s nuclear capabilities.
Fidan stated that it’s a “harmful state of affairs” and that the difficulty has been mentioned with Western companions.
“Throughout my go to to Russia, it appeared that this difficulty may very well be raised, as there was speak that the general public is demanding one thing of the type. We have now mentioned this with Western companions, and so they comprehend it as effectively. This can be a harmful state of affairs. All the pieces that individuals say won’t occur finally does occur,” he added.
Russia And Ukraine Have Escalated Lengthy-Vary Assaults
In accordance with the United Nations, each international locations have considerably escalated their long-range assaults this 12 months, inflicting a spike in civilian deaths.
A Ukrainian drone strike on the central Russian area of Tatarstan killed no less than 13 folks on Monday in one of many deadliest assaults carried out by Kyiv for the reason that conflict started greater than 4 years in the past.
Russia additionally hit Ukraine with lethal strikes on Monday. Close to the entrance line, a Russian artillery strike killed 5 folks in a village within the northeastern Kharkiv area, native Ukrainian officers stated.
Russia’s defence ministry stated it shot down 456 Ukrainian drones fired in a single day. It by no means states what number of reached their targets.
Ukraine’s air power stated Russia fired 126 drones in its in a single day assault.
