President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to mobilize 400,000 additional troops, despite mounting monthly losses, in an interview published Tuesday, March 3. Speaking to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera , Zelensky said Russia is losing up to 35,000 soldiers per month. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “It is a gigantic number,” Zelensky said, adding that “now Putin is about to mobilize 400,000 new soldiers.”