Kathmandu. Russia has said that it is not necessary to mobilize more people for the attack on Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called Ukrainian "rumours" about another military recruitment drive.
President Putin ordered the "partial mobilization" of reserve forces in 2022 after the military failure in Ukraine.
The Kremlin said the order would apply to only 300,000 people out of a population of around 140 million. It was extremely unpopular and led to a large exodus of men of conscription age.
The Kremlin has repeatedly denied plans for another recruitment. "There is no scenario today that makes mobilization necessary," Putin told a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) conference in Vladivostok.
"This is a false propaganda campaign by the enemy on the eve of the 'Duma' elections, aimed at influencing the results," he said, referring to Russian parliamentary elections later this month.
"Our people volunteer and sign contracts," he said. Kiev did not immediately respond to Putin's comments.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in July, "Moscow is preparing a 'new series of operations in the autumn' after suffering heavy losses on the front."
Russia's progress on the battlefield this year has slowed significantly as Ukraine's widespread use of drones has made rapid and large-scale troop movements difficult.
"Moscow appears to be preparing the 'conditions' for another military operation," the US think tank Institute for the Study of War said in July, citing a recently passed law allowing the military to take more types of prisoners during wartime.
The deployment "is a highly personal decision for Putin and ultimately depends on Putin's personal perception of the situation on the battlefield and the stability of the Kremlin," the legal provision said.
Both sides have suffered heavy military losses in the conflict.
National News Committee is the official news organization of Nepal.
