{"id":5334,"date":"2026-07-26T11:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=5334"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:24:43","slug":"putin-preparing-to-send-more-russians-to-war-zelenskyy-claims-losses-now-exceed-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=5334","title":{"rendered":"Putin preparing to send more Russians to war&#8217;: Zelenskyy claims losses now exceed recruitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"XYebw\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"IYpL4\">\n<section class=\"lIbak  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  mR3IZ \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"lIbak\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"dV65i\">\n<div class=\"gF0tM\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132640095,imgsize-131791,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/photo-credit-afp.jpg\" alt=\"Putin preparing to send more Russians to war': Zelenskyy claims losses now exceed recruitment\" title=\"Photo credit: AFP\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a fresh wave of military mobilisation as Russia&#8217;s battlefield losses begin to outpace the number of new recruits joining the armed forces.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>In his nightly address on Friday, Zelenskyy said Russia had recruited around 221,000 personnel into its military so far in 2026 but had suffered nearly 225,500 casualties, including 131,000 killed and almost 93,000 wounded, this year alone.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;Putin is preparing to simply send more Russians to war. He disguises it with different words and signals, but that is what he is preparing to do,&#8221; Zelenskyy said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The Ukrainian president reiterated a warning he made a day earlier, claiming Kyiv&#8217;s intelligence indicated that Russia was planning a &#8220;new and quite significant&#8221; mobilisation campaign in the autumn.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>&#8220;We have clear intelligence that Russia is preparing a new and quite significant wave of mobilization for the fall. Currently, the Russians are losing more troops on the front than they are recruiting,&#8221; Zelenskyy said on July 24.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Recruitment falls short of targets<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>According to Ukrainian officials, Moscow has struggled to meet its recruitment goals despite continuing heavy fighting along the front line.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>While Russia&#8217;s recruitment figures cannot be independently verified, Ukrainian intelligence previously claimed that about 70,500 Russians signed military contracts during the first three months of 2026, around 30,000 short of the Russian defence ministry&#8217;s target.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>For comparison, Russia signed around 90,000 contracts during the same period in 2025, according to Janis Kluge, a Russia expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Zelenskyy also alleged that Moscow is preparing to deploy an additional 30,000 North Korean troops to support Russia&#8217;s war effort in Ukraine.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Casualty figures remain disputed<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The true scale of Russian military losses since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 remains one of the war&#8217;s most contested issues.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Russia has rarely published casualty figures, while Ukraine regularly releases significantly higher estimates that cannot be independently verified.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>One of the most widely cited independent assessments comes from a joint investigation by Russian independent media outlet Mediazona and the BBC Russian Service. Instead of relying on official government claims, the project verifies each reported death using open-source evidence, including obituaries, funeral notices, cemetery records, court documents, local government announcements and social media posts.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Only soldiers whose deaths can be confirmed through multiple independent sources are included in the database.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>As of July 17, the investigation had identified more than 230,000 Russian military personnel killed by name, including over 7,400 officers. The investigators have repeatedly stressed that this represents only the minimum confirmed death toll, as many battlefield deaths are never publicly reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>Ukraine, meanwhile, has disclosed relatively few official updates on its own military casualties, citing national security concerns. Most estimates of Ukrainian losses have therefore come from Western intelligence agencies and independent analysts.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/defence\/international\/putin-preparing-to-send-more-russians-to-war-zelenskyy-claims-losses-now-exceed-recruitment\/articleshow\/132640076.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a fresh wave of military mobilisation as Russia&#8217;s battlefield losses begin to outpace the number of new recruits joining the armed forces.In his nightly address on Friday, Zelenskyy said Russia had recruited around 221,000 personnel into its military so far in 2026 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