Kremlin Spokesman Denies Reports of Plans to Mobilize 300,000 Troops by Year-End

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied rumors suggesting Russian authorities plan to mobilize 300,000 additional troops by the end of the year, according to a report by Russian state news agency TASS.

Peskov stated that there are no such plans, TASS reported, without providing further detail on the nature or origin of the rumors he was addressing.

The report did not specify the context in which Peskov made the denial, nor did it include additional statements from other officials on the matter.

TASS is a Russian state-owned news agency. Further details on the circumstances surrounding the reported rumors were not immediately available.