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Fedorov says conscription cannot be fixed without a new social contract

Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov believes it is impossible to resolve Ukraine's conscription problems without a new social contract and without real changes within the military, he said during a briefing on July 16, summarizing his tenure as defense chief.

16 July, 03:35 PM

Objector applications surge, threatening Germany's army goal

Germany has seen a sharp rise in the number of young men formally refusing military service on grounds of conscience, jeopardizing Berlin's ambitious plans to build Europe's most powerful army, The Guardian reported on July 14.

15 July, 12:45 PM

Ukraine's Defense Ministry announces military recruitment reform

A reform concerning military recruitment centers is in the preparation stage and will be presented at a government meeting in the near future, Deputy Defense Minister Vasyl Shkurakov said during question time for the government in the Ukrainian parliament on July 3.

3 July, 05:53 PM

Russia's enlistment offices issuing far more conscription orders in 2026

Cases of Russian citizens receiving conscription orders have increased sharply since early 2026, with military enlistment offices increasingly summoning reservists under the guise of updating personal records — only to issue or affix conscription orders to their military booklets, The Moscow Times reported on May 25.

26 May, 12:10 PM

Col. Bereza urges draft be reinstated at 18

Given that Ukraine is locked in a protracted existential war with Russia, the government should reintroduce conscription beginning at age 18, Col. Yurii Bereza, commander of the Dnipro-1 battalion, told NV Radio on May 11.

12 May, 01:39 AM

Ukrainian drone unit commander on May 9 plans, successful mid-range strikes and gaps in Russian air defenses

Commander Artem Osypian’s team from the Achilles Brigade’s strike drone company recently destroyed two enemy helicopters 150 kilometers from the front line. He explains how Ukrainian operators differ from Russian attackers and why Russia’s air defenses cannot protect its own territory.

8 May, 12:47 PM

Man stabs two recruiters during document check in Vinnytsia

A man stabbed two servicemen from the Vinnytsia Oblast Territorial Recruitment Center during a document check as part of conscription measures, the recruitment center reported on Facebook on April 4.

4 April, 08:54 PM

Ukrainian Land Forces deny rumors of women’s conscription

Ukraine’s Land Forces have denied rumors about preparing to conscript women, stating that no such measures or mechanisms are being developed and that recent claims are enemy disinformation aimed at undermining conscription efforts, adding that isolated cases of incorrect registration are system errors, according to a Telegram update on April 4.

4 April, 08:05 PM

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry denies conscription reform from April 1

Information about the start of a conscription reform in Ukraine on April 1 does not correspond to reality. The plan of changes is being prepared and will be presented later, Deputy Defense Minister Yevhen Moisiuk told news agency Ukrinform.

31 March, 06:02 PM

Russia losing 30–35 thousand troops every month, Zelenskyy says

Russia is suffering “frightening” casualties on the battlefield and historically is doomed to lose the war, President Zelenskyy said in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde published on March 26.

26 March, 04:02 PM

3rd Assault Brigade records only 13 AWOL cases a month – Biletskyi

The Third Separate Assault Brigade, which forms the core of Ukraine’s newly formed Third Army Corps, recorded only 13 cases of unauthorized absence (AWOL) in a single month — described by its commander, Brig. Gen. Andriy Biletskyi, as an absolute record for the Armed Forces, he told ICTV in an interview released on Feb. 6.

7 February, 07:14 PM

SBU dismantles 8 draft dodging schemes, detains organizers, including academy rector

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, together with the State Bureau of Investigation and National Police, blocked eight new schemes to evade conscription and detained the organizers of the schemes in various regions of Ukraine, according to the SBU press service’s report on Jan. 26.

26 January, 07:13 PM

Government probes draft deferment for YouTuber Petrov at National Military Cemetery

The Ministry of Veterans Affairs has started an internal investigation following reports of conscription deferments issued at the National Military Memorial Cemetery, Minister Natalia Kalmykova said during her address to the Verkhovna Rada on Jan. 16, according to the live broadcast of the parliamentary session.

16 January, 04:50 PM

New Defense Minister Fedorov reveals scale of wanted and AWOL cases

Nearly 2 million Ukrainians are wanted for violating military registration rules, and around 200,000 service members are listed as absent without leave (AWOL), Ukraine’s newly appointed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told parliament on Jan. 14.

14 January, 04:15 PM

Ukraine extends martial law and mobilization until May 4

Ukraine’s parliament approved bills to extend martial law and general mobilization in the country, according to the live broadcast of the Verkhovna Rada session on Jan. 14.

14 January, 03:10 PM

Ex-AWOL soldiers often super-effective, says Da Vince Wolves commander

The ability to choose a unit, military specialization and increased payments could help attract Ukrainians to the army — as shown by troops returning from AWOL to new units, Da Vinci Wolves battalion commander Serhiy Filimonov said in a big Radio NV interview on Nov. 7, commenting on Ukraine's military conscription challenges.

9 November 2025, 06:26 PM

600,000 draft deferments to be auto-extended in Ukraine

Over 600,000 Ukrainians will have conscription deferments automatically extended by the end of October without visits to recruitment centers, the Defense Ministry announced on Oct. 24.

28 October 2025, 12:15 PM

Ukraine's Rada extends martial law, conscription until February

Ukraine's parliament has approved extending martial law and general mobilization for 90 days, effective Nov. 5 until Feb. 3, 2026, marking the 17th such extension since Russia's full-scale invasion, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak of the Golos faction reported on Telegram.

21 October 2025, 03:40 PM

Putin risks world war with conscription, Zelenskyy warns

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's potential conscription campaign could signal the start of a world war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a meeting with journalists on Oct. 8, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

9 October 2025, 02:16 PM

Kyiv protests Russia’s illegal draft in occupied territories

Moscow announcing the start of its seasonal military draft in occupied areas of Ukraine amounts to a clear breach of international law, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Oct. 1.

2 October 2025, 01:22 AM

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