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Russian enterprises face strict draft quotas or forced payouts to fund Putin's war

Regional authorities in Russia are forcing enterprises to either recruit their employees for the war against Ukraine or pay a "ransom" to hire replacement candidates, Dozhd opposition television channel reported on July 12.

13 July, 08:15 AM

Ukraine’s parliament backs new Civil Code draft in first reading

Ukraine’s parliament backed a draft of a new Civil Code in a first reading, with 254 lawmakers voting in favor, a Suspilne correspondent reported on Apr. 28.

28 April, 08:49 PM

Clear service terms impossible without stronger conscription — commissioner

Establishing clear terms of military service is impossible without intensifying conscription, Ukraine’s military commissioner Olha Reshetylova said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine published on April 6.

6 April, 01:58 PM

Putin prepares secret rolling draft amid failing economy

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is preparing for a limited, rolling draft of reservists to compensate for heavy enemy losses in Ukraine without declaring full mobilization, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Feb. 18.

19 February, 09:51 AM

SBU detains former Cabinet official and university staff involved in draft evasion schemes

Six draft evasion schemes operating across several oblasts of Ukraine were dismantled, with 14 organizers detained, including a former Cabinet official and university administrators, Ukraine’s Security Service said on Oct. 7.

7 October 2025, 05:56 PM

Ukraine’s parliament approves in first reading draft law to legalize virtual assets

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada approved in the first reading draft law No. 10225-d on virtual asset legalization, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Sept. 3.

3 September 2025, 02:56 PM

Ukraine heads to Washington for rare earths deal talks

A Ukrainian delegation will visit Washington this week for technical talks on a new draft agreement on rare earth minerals, Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said in an interview with the Associated Press published April 6.

7 April 2025, 08:10 AM

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

Denmark to draft women into military amid Russian threats

Denmark will introduce mandatory military service for women starting next year to bolster its armed forces in response to growing threats from Russia, Bloomberg reported on March 25.

26 March 2025, 12:37 PM

U.S. lawmakers push to label Russian war in Ukraine as genocide

A bipartisan group of US House of Representatives members has introduced a draft resolution to recognize Russia's aggression against Ukraine as an act of genocide, Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova reported on Facebook on Jan. 7.

8 January 2025, 09:01 AM

US urges Ukraine to lower draft age to address manpower shortage

Washington is urging Ukraine to lower the draft age from 25 to 18 to quickly grow the size of its military, AP reported on Nov. 27.

27 November 2024, 09:48 PM

Zelenskyy halts draft deferments, orders review — report

After learning that 1.5 million draft-eligible Ukrainians were granted mobilization deferments as employees of “critical enterprises,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suspended future deferment applications until Nov. 15, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Oct. 9.

9 October 2024, 08:16 PM

Russia plans to recruit 225,000 contract soldiers by 2027 — report

Russia’s Defense Ministry plans to recruit approximately 225,000 contract soldiers over the next three years, Russian outlet Important Stories (IS) reported on Oct. 4, citing draft budget documents.

4 October 2024, 09:55 PM

Draft deferment applications via Reserve+ app available from November

Ukrainian students, parents of multiple children, and individuals with disabilities will be able to apply for a deferment from military service via the Reserve+ app, Deputy Defense Minister Kateryna Chornohorenko announced on Sept. 27.

28 September 2024, 12:55 AM

Ukraine limits mobilization of middle-aged men

According to a directive from the Ukrainian military, men aged 50-60 are drafted into service only in select cases, Ukrainian MP and member of the parliamentary Defense Committee, Fedir Venislavsky, told Liga.net on Sept. 25.

25 September 2024, 11:47 PM

Russia ramps up mobilization in Samara Oblast for Kursk defense, Atesh reports

Russia has intensified mobilization efforts in Samara Oblast to draft men into the 15th separate motorized rifle brigade to counter the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast, the Atesh resistance movement reported on Telegram on Sept. 17.

18 September 2024, 08:38 AM

Czechia will not deport draft-eligible Ukrainian citizens

Draft-eligible Ukrainian citizens in Czechia will not be forcibly returned to Ukraine, Ukraine's Ambassador to Czechia, Vasyl Zvarych, told RFE/RL on Sept. 5.

5 September 2024, 11:57 PM

Ukraine's Defense Ministry sees no immediate need to lower mobilization age

There is currently “no urgent need to lower the mobilization age” below 25, but this could change, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesperson Dmytro Lazutkin said in an interview with NV on July 26.

27 July 2024, 10:29 AM

Ukrainian draft offices set record for military registration fines

The Enforcement Service has received nearly 12,000 fines for military registration violations from draft offices since the beginning of the year, reported monitoring channel Opendatabot on July 10.a

10 July 2024, 10:46 AM

Over 400,000 reports filed on Ukrainian draft dodgers

Since the beginning of the war, Ukrainian draft offices have issued more than 180,000 administrative reports for violations of military registration and over 400,000 reports on draft dodgers, according to data from the Ministry of Defense provided to lawyer Roman Lykhachov, NV reported on July 9.

9 July 2024, 05:59 PM

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