Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had received confirmation that Russia is preparing for a mobilization this autumn and that Ukraine is preparing to take active countermeasures. "There was a report from the Main Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense – by Oleh Ivashchenko – on preparations for a Russian mobilization. Everything is confirmed by internal Russian documents – they are preparing it for the autumn, right after the sham parliamentary elections. "We are preparing for our own active operations to make it as difficult as possible for Russia to carry out such plans. I have assigned the relevant tasks to our intelligence agencies and Ukraine's special services," Zelenskyy said.