www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/10/vladimir-putin-election-candidates-no-war-ukraine/
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Russia ‘could recruit up to 700,000 extra soldiers’
Ukraine’s military believes Russia could recruit hundreds of thousands more soldiers from Russia and occupied Ukraine to plug their losses on the battlefield.
“A mass forced mobilisation of the population is expected soon in the Russian Federation and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine due to the occupiers’ catastrophic losses,” the General Staff said.
The mobilisation campaign could target between 400,000 and 700,000 recruits, it said, citing different estimates.
It did not provide evidence to support the claim in a statement to support its assertion. Russian officials have said there are no current plans for a new wave of mobilisation -
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tried to reassure Ukraine on Sunday that it will have continued support from its Western allies. Russia, however, just had local elections in four Ukrainian areas it illegally annexed and Moscow appears determined to solidify its gains. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias has the details.
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A two-year transition before the free elections promised by Gabon’s new military rulers is a “reasonable objective” the new prime minister they appointed told AFP in an interview Sunday.
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Across the country, United Russia won every provincial governor’s race it contested.
— Read on www.voanews.com/a/russian-regional-vote-delivers-strong-result-for-putin-amid-claims-of-rigging/7262690.html
