Russia has not suspended mobilization and is currently considering the possibility of drafting an additional 450,000 people, said Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
He said this in an interview with the Radio Liberty project Krym.Realii
“They are now considering the option, and this is not yet a fully resolved issue, of drafting an additional 450,000,” he said.
Kyrylo Budanov emphasized that mobilization did not stop in Russia. Even last fall, about 350 thousand Russians were drafted. However, he added that covert mobilization is ongoing, and 20 to 22 thousand people are being drafted every month.
“In itself, this raises the following question: why such a number if the losses are, as they say, negligible? Well, you will see that the truth will be somewhere in the middle,” Budanov said.
