Putin preparing to send more Russians to war': Zelenskyy claims losses now exceed recruitment

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a fresh wave of military mobilisation as Russia'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 but had suffered nearly 225,500 casualties, including 131,000 killed and almost 93,000 wounded, this year alone."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," Zelenskyy said.The Ukrainian president reiterated a warning he made a day earlier, claiming Kyiv's intelligence indicated that Russia was planning a "new and quite significant" mobilisation campaign in the autumn."We have clear intelligence that Russia is preparing a new and quite significant wave of mobilization for the fall.