The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, denied plans for a new round of military mobilization for the war in Ukraine during his participation in the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. In his statement, Putin said "there is no scenario today that requires mobilization," classifying the rumors published by the American press in August as a "planned information attack."
According to the Russian president, the rumors about a possible mobilization are part of an information operation orchestrated by Kyiv and its Western allies. The goal of this supposed campaign would be to interfere in the elections for the Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament, which take place between September 18 and 20.
Putin declared that enemy losses increase every month, suggesting that the situation on the front would not justify the need for a new mobilization. The September legislative elections represent the first vote for the Lower House of Parliament since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
