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Putin will draft 300,000 new troops after September elections, Zelenskiy says

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KYIV, ‌Aug 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine ​believes Russia is ⁠planning to mobilise an additional ​300,000 troops for ‌its war effort after parliamentary elections in ⁠September, President ⁠Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

In comments to reporters released ‌on Sunday, Zelenskiy added ⁠that ‌Russia could ​draft hundreds of thousands more in ‌2027 for ​its ⁠key goal of ‌capturing ⁠the rest of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk ​region.

(Reporting by ‌Max Hunder and ⁠Dan Peleschuk; ​Editing by ​Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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