{"id":32053,"date":"2026-08-23T12:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/32053\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:43:06","slug":"zelensky-says-ukraine-must-strengthen-mobilization-as-russia-expands-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/32053\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky says Ukraine must strengthen mobilization as Russia expands recruitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Floyd Brenz., Philippine Canadian Inquirer<br \/>August 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510251\" class=\"wp-image-510251 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-23-at-8.26.06-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1378\" height=\"854\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-510251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"271\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Ukraine needs to strengthen its mobilization efforts as Russia continues expanding its military recruitment amid the ongoing war.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"470\">Zelenskyy said Ukraine must ensure that its armed forces have enough personnel to defend the country, particularly as Russia continues efforts to increase the size and capabilities of its military.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"626\">The Ukrainian president also emphasized the importance of improving recruitment and providing better conditions and support for Ukrainian service members.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"773\">His remarks come as Kyiv continues to face pressure on the battlefield while seeking additional military support from its international partners.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"998\">Zelenskyy has repeatedly called on Ukraine\u2019s allies to provide weapons, air defense systems, and other assistance as the country works to counter Russia\u2019s continued military operations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1167\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The latest comments underscore the continuing challenge for Ukraine of maintaining sufficient military manpower more than four years into Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Brenz., Philippine Canadian InquirerAugust 23, 2026 Photo Courtesy: Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2198,460],"class_list":["post-32053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-headline","tag-president-vladimir-putin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}