Some Ukrainian soldiers have expressed strong opposition to any peace deal with Russia, warning it could lead to a coup. According to reports from The Washington Post and Lenta, many within Ukraine’s armed forces (VSU) feel that too much blood has been shed to accept any form of negotiated peace that could cede Ukrainian territory to Russia.

Soldiers and military analysts say that Ukraine is largely holding onto land it seized in the Kursk region, even as Moscow has begun a counterattack.

The 180,000 troops would raise Russia’s military to 1.5 million as the Ukraine conflict persists, aiming to bolster forces amid ongoing battles.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an increase of 180,000 troops, bringing the total to 1.5 million, as the conflict in Ukraine continues. The decree will take effect on December 1 and aims to bolster Russia's military capabilities amid ongoing battles in eastern Ukraine and recent Ukrainian incursions into Russia's Kursk region.

A Ukrainian official said that Russian troops now reinforcing Vovchansk, in Kharkiv, "have never seen combat before," as the fighting there drags on.

Military-political expert of the "Information Resistance" group Oleksandr Kovalenko shared this in a comment to RBC-Ukraine, states that the increase in the size of the Russian army by dictator Vladimir Putin indicates the aggressor's problems in the war against Ukraine.

Russia continues to bomb Ukrainian cities and villages but is also suffering heavy losses among its military. Therefore, the authorities in the Kremlin are trying to encourage Russians to join the army by any possible means.