According to intelligence gathered by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence, Russia is carrying out clandestine mobilisation, has banned military personnel from terminating their contracts and is planning to move up to a thousand fighters belonging to the private military company Liga (formerly the Wagner Group) into the Kyiv area.
According to information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, private Russian mercenary companies are recruiting special forces for combat operations in Ukraine, especially the infamous Wagner mercenary corps' headquarters in Rostov-on-Don.