Zelenskiy says the military has asked for an additional 450-500,000 people to be mobilised into the army but that a final decision had not been taken.
The Ukrainian leader told the news conference in Kyiv that top military and government officials were due to discuss “this very sensitive issue of mobilisation” and that parliament would then consider it.
Zelenskiy said that conducting a mobilisation at such a scale would require additional financing.
He added he is “confident” the U.S. will not let Ukraine down in terms of support.