Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is not on the cusp of losing its war with Russia as he considers mobilizing up to 500,000 more troops.
Zelenskyy said Tuesday he is mulling a request from Ukraine’s military to send another half-million soldiers into battle but has asked military officials to spell out their plans in detail on the “very sensitive matter” before making a decision. He said the move would cost Ukraine about 500 billion hyrvnias ($17.9 billion Cdn).
The Ukrainian army had nearly 800,000 troops fighting the Russian invasion in October, and one million in uniform in total including National Guard and other