[The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/30/unrealistic-optimism-isnt-helping-ukraine/) says Kiev’s need to mobilize at least 30,000 people every month just to maintain troop levels **points to losses higher than officially admitted.**

The paper argues that the figure exposes Ukraine’s manpower crisis: the monthly intake is needed not to expand the army, but simply to replace battlefield attrition. It warns that political optimism cannot offset the arithmetic of a prolonged war.

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