Kyiv steps up Russia raids ..as enemy swells ranks

Ukrainian chief Oleksandr Syrsky

- BY CHRIS HUGHES Defence and Security Editor

UKRAINE has vowed to boost intense attacks on Russia as the Kremlin plans to mobilise 400,000 new frontline troops.

It comes in the wake of a wave of successful strikes by Kyiv on Russia over the weekend and repeated successes in smashing Kremlin oil installations.

But Kremlin war chiefs have ordered 11 new divisions to be created this year in its drive to try and force a result out of its bloody war on Ukraine.