Russia preparing to mobilize 300, 000 troops to Ukraine by June 1

He, however, said that it was unclear how many troops Ukraine plans to mobilize this year, but backtracked on his previous goals, saying, 'we don't need half a million.' He said Kyiv 'clearly' understands why Russia is looking to draft additional soldiers, and urged that the months of May and June 'should be a time of activity for the sake of Ukraine, for the sake of achieving our goals in this war.

'And we, all of us, our partners, must have a strong response to Russian operations— any Russian operations. We must win this war,' he said. This is coming a few days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a routine spring conscription campaign into action, which called up 150,000 citizens for military service.

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