Ukraine updates: UK ‘unclear’ if Russia can recruit more troops

Russian plans to increase armed forces by nearly 140,000 are unlikely to increase ‘combat power’ in Ukraine, the United Kingdom says.

A Ukrainian man checks his destroyed house after a Russian raid in the city of Sloviansk, in eastern Ukraine.
A Ukrainian man checks his destroyed house after a Russian attack in the city of Sloviansk, in eastern Ukraine [Ammar Awad/Reuters]
By Usaid Siddiqui and Joseph Stepansky
Published On 28 Aug 2022
  • The United Kingdom says it is unclear how Russia will achieve a plan to increase its armed services by 140,000 personnel, saying the decree is unlikely to make meaningful progress in increasing Moscow’s “combat power” in Ukraine.
  • Ukrainian and Russian officials again exchange blame for recent shelling near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog await clearance to access the site.