Kyiv warns Russia could easily mobilise 5 million troops

Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has warned that Russia have has the capacity to easily mobilise 5 million trained troops.

Syrskyi said in an interview with the LB.UA media outlet that Russia has the overall ability to mobilise as many as 20 million troops.

He said that Russia has increased their forces in Ukraine “fivefold since the beginning” of the war and that Vladimir Putin has deployed 623,000 troops inside Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent reported.

Syrskyi said, “Every month, they [Russia] increase it by 8,000-9,000; in a year, it’s 120,000-130,000.”

He added that Ukraine must mobilise 30,000 soldiers monthly to combat Putin’s forces in Ukraine.

Putin ordered a spring conscription of 160,000 men which is the largest in 14-years, despite the ongoing US efforts to agree ceasefire deal.

The Ukrainian commander-in-chief said, “[Russia] used about 40,000 or more rounds every day. After our strikes, the figure changed dramatically and is oscillating around 23,000; now, it has slightly increased, to 27,000-28,000.”

Syrskyi said that the Russian new spring offensive in northeastern Ukraine “has actually already begun.”

He added, “I can say that the president is absolutely right, and this offensive has effectively already begun.”