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Russia targets Ukraine’s conscription with recruitment center strikes

Russian forces launch drone strikes on military recruitment centers in an effort to disrupt the country’s conscription process, Vitaliy Sarantsev, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Land Forces Command, told public broadcaster Suspilne on July 3.

3 July 2025, 03:10 PM

Young Ukrainian soldier touts contract 18-24 benefits

Financial rewards are not the primary motivation for young people signing up for the Defense Forces’ Contract 18-24 program, Andriy, call sign Chef, a 22-year-old grenadier serving in Ukraine’s 92nd Separate Assault Brigade, told Radio NV on June 30.

2 July 2025, 12:09 PM

Ukrainian intel: Russia turning Uzbek and Tajik workers into cannon fodder

Russia has ramped up its forced mobilization of Central Asian migrants to fight in its war against Ukraine, luring them with promises of quick cash and short-term contracts — only to send them to their deaths, Ukraine’s military intelligence reported on June 21.

21 June 2025, 01:58 PM

Ukraine’s parliament backs bill for men over 60 to serve voluntarily

Ukraine’s legislature passed in its first reading on June 4 a bill allowing men aged 60 and older to voluntarily serve in the Defense Forces under a one-year contract, MP Oleksii Honcharenko reported on Telegram.

4 June 2025, 04:12 PM

Security Service detains four, including Constitutional Court official, in draft evasion schemes

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and National Police dismantled several schemes enabling conscription evasion, arresting four key organizers, including a scientific consultant to a Constitutional Court judge, the SBU reported on Telegram on April 18.

18 April 2025, 05:30 PM

Recruitment of contract soldiers in Moscow hits record pace — Russian media

The number of Russians signing military contracts in Moscow has surged past previous monthly totals, Russian outlet Verstka reported on April 15, citing closed data from the Unified Recruitment Center and noting the trend began in mid-March.

15 April 2025, 03:01 PM

Lviv military recruitment center responds to viral video of scuffle

A group of women in Lviv attempted to free a man detained by Territorial Recruitment Center officers on April 1, sparking a scuffle caught on video, the Lviv Oblast TRC reported on Facebook.

2 April 2025, 04:13 PM

Russia's massive conscription drive aims to compensate for military losses

Russia's Ministry of Defense plans to conscript 160,000 individuals this spring, the largest draft in 14 years, as part of its strategy to compensate for significant military losses and sustain its war efforts in Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Counteracting Disinformation’s message on Telegram on April 1.

1 April 2025, 06:05 PM

Unacceptable and escalating: Lubinets warns of rising enlistment office violations

The number of reported rights violations during mobilization activities by territorial recruitment center staff has risen in 2025, with the nature of these violations changing, Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said in a Telegram post on March 21.

21 March 2025, 02:42 PM

Martial law and conscription in Ukraine extended until May 9

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed laws extending martial law and conscription in Ukraine from Feb. 8 to May 9, 2025, according to legislative bills 4220-IX and 4221-IX.

5 February 2025, 06:50 PM

No draft for 18-year-olds: NSDC shuts down student mobilization rumors

Mobilizing 18-year-old citizens in Ukraine is not possible, as the legally established minimum age for conscription is 25, said Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), on Jan. 20.

20 January 2025, 04:09 PM

New rules for delivering draft summonses in Ukraine for 2025

Ukraine has changed the rules for delivering draft summonses, allowing for more flexible methods of notification.

7 January 2025, 11:19 AM

Basic military training to replace conscription in Ukraine

Starting Sept. 1, 2025, basic military training will be introduced as a mandatory course in all Ukrainian universities, according to the mobilization bill effective from May 18, 2024.

1 January 2025, 03:06 PM

Blinken: Ukraine must make tough mobilization choices

Ukraine must make difficult decisions regarding further mobilization to repel Russian aggression, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling such decisions “necessary.”

4 December 2024, 08:35 PM

Over 700,000 Ukrainians removed from wanted list on Reserve+ app

710,000 Ukrainians have been removed from the “ungrounded” wanted list in the Reserve+ military registration app, Deputy Defense Minister Kateryna Chornohorenko announced during a briefing on Nov. 18.

18 November 2024, 05:38 PM

Da Vinci battalion commander highlights manpower as biggest challenge for Ukrainian army

Ukrainian forces hold an advantage in some weaponry over Russian troops but face personnel shortages as volunteers dwindle, according to Lt. Dmytro Filatov, commander of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion Da Vinci, told Hromadske Radio on Nov. 14.

15 November 2024, 06:45 PM

Ukraine protests Russia’s forced mobilization in occupied territories

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has issued a formal protest against the forced mobilization of Ukrainian citizens in temporarily occupied territories into the Russian military. The corresponding statement was released on Oct. 1.

2 October 2024, 01:26 AM

New Russian law could send thousands of defendants to Ukraine front

Russia prepares to conscript over 20,000 defendants for the war in Ukraine, according to a new law that allows the deployment of persons under investigation, iStories media reported on Oct. 1, citing two lawyers working on criminal cases in Russia.

1 October 2024, 07:00 PM

New Russian brigade Bars formed to support troops in Kharkiv offensive

Russia is forming a new brigade to support the Sever grouping operating in Kharkiv Oblast, Vitaliy Sarantsev, a spokesperson for the Kharkiv Operational-Tactical Troop Grouping, announced on Telegram on Aug. 29.

29 August 2024, 07:35 PM

Military medical commissions to operate 24/7 in Kyiv — City Military Administration

Military medical commissions in the capital will now operate around the clock, Kyiv Defense Council decided, following a meeting on Aug. 28, City Administration reported on Telegram.

28 August 2024, 02:44 PM

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