Ukrainian military officials warned Friday that Russia is looking to “replenish” its personnel by conscripting Ukrainian men in southern regions, amid reports of heavy Russian losses.
"To replenish their personnel there have been preparations for so-called mobilization in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblast," Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense spokesman Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told reporters. "Russian troops are blocking local people from leaving occupied territories in particular, those males of conscript age."
In late March, the Kremlin claimed it had lost 1,350 military personnel since the war began, but a NATO official alleged those figures were likely closer to between A convoy of pro-Russian troops moves along a road in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 21. Motuzyanyk said Russia was now looking to annex the regions of Zaporizhzhia, which neighbors Donbas, and Kherson, which sits just north of Russian-occupied Crimea.
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