Thrown into battle in two weeks': Russia plans 500,000-strong mobilisation, Ukraine claims

.Russia is preparing to mobilise 500,000 personnel in the coming autumn, with plans to send some conscripts to the eastern front within weeks of training, a Ukrainian official said on Saturday.Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation, said the Russian military command intends to use the mobilised forces to address immediate personnel shortages and to establish a new operational direction."Russia is preparing a mobilisation of 500,000 people for the autumn. Some are planned to be thrown into battle in the first two weeks to plug holes in the East, while others will be trained for at least a month for the potential opening of a new front direction. This is the plan of the Russian Federation," Kovalenko wrote on Telegram.He added that Russian officials, includi