Overview
- The Office of the President of Ukraine disclosed on Aug. 27 that Ukrainian intelligence has documents showing the Russian General Staff prepared to call up 600,000 people across 2026–27, with 300,000 this year and 300,000 next year.
- Those documents and briefings say Moscow faces roughly 240,000 personnel losses from January through July 2026 and a slowdown in contract recruitment that officials believe is driving the need for more conscripts.
- Ukrainian reporting says Russia is preparing tightened military registration, electronic mobilization orders, quotas for law-enforcement bodies and the recruitment of prisoners and some jailed women as part of the effort.
- The Kremlin has denied the claims through spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, while border data reported by multiple outlets show more than 113,000 Russians crossed into Georgia in one week as fears of a new call-up rose.
- At home Ukraine is under pressure to sustain its own forces with Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov urging about 30,000 mobilizations per month and officials openly debating measures such as drafting women, a debate that could affect families, labor markets and public trust.