MOSCOW
\nRussia 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 \u201cdisinformation\u201d. Putin last ordered a \u201cpartial mobilisation\u201d of reservists in 2022, following a string of military setbacks on the battlefield in Ukraine.
\nThat order, which the Kremlin said applied to 300,000 people only out of population of around 140 million, was highly unpopular and prompted an exodus of draft-age men from Russia. The Kremlin has repeatedly denied plans for another call-up. \u201cThere is no scenario today that would require mobilisation,\u201d Putin told a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
\n\u201cThis is a disinformation campaign by the enemy in the run-up to the State Duma elections, aimed at influencing the outcome,\u201d he said, referring to Russian parliamentary elections later this month. \u201cAs is well known, our people enlist voluntarily and sign a contract,\u201d he said.
\nKyiv did not immediately respond to Putin\u2019s comments. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in July that Moscow was preparing for a \u201cnew wave of mobilisation in the autumn\u201d, having suffered heavy losses on the front.
\nRussia\u2019s battlefield advances have slowed considerably this year, as widespread drone use on the front has made swift, large-scale troop movements more difficult. The Institute for the Study of War \u2014 a US-based think tank \u2014 said in July that Moscow appeared to be setting the \u201cconditions\u201d for another round of mobilisation, citing recently-passed legislation allowing the army to recruit more types of convicts in wartime.
\nMobilisation remains a \u201cvery personal decision for Putin and is ultimately contingent on Putin\u2019s personal perception of the battlefield situation and the Kremlin\u2019s stability,\u201d it said. Both sides have suffered huge military casualties in the conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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