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Zelenskyy warns Russia may mobilize 300,000 after parliamentary ‘elections’

A new mobilization wave could begin in Russia after the State Duma “elections,” with the Kremlin expected to conduct it mainly in the regions. Russia’s plan for 2026 is to mobilize about 300,000 additional people.

23 August, 02:15 PM

Putin’s mobilization gamble could expand army while destabilizing his regime — NV analysis

Russia could mobilize as many as 500,000 people as early as this fall. But a larger army could create serious military, economic and political problems for the Kremlin.

19 August, 05:05 PM

Russia posts 2,500 military-registration jobs as mobilization fears rise

Russian government agencies, state-owned companies and businesses have posted more than 2,000 openings for specialists with experience in military registration and mobilization, Russian outlet Agentstvo reported.

1 August, 10:58 PM

Russia exhausts mobilization in occupied territories

Russia has effectively exhausted its forced mobilization resources in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories due to heavy frontline losses, the Main Intelligence Directorate’s (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Chernyak said in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on March 23.

24 March, 10:49 AM

Ukraine’s ‘busification’ raids spark fear, anger, silence

In Ukraine, “busification” has become more than street slang for forceful draft detentions. It is now a quiet calculation many people make each day — which streets to avoid, when to take out their phone, and whether an encounter with the state will follow the law or test its limits.

12 December 2025, 05:34 PM

Russia intensifies forced mobilization of Ukrainians in occupied territories

Russian occupation forces are planning to increase the pace of mobilizing Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories, Ukraine’s Center for National Resistance (NRC) wrote on Sept. 4.

5 September 2025, 09:11 AM

Russia’s conscripts from occupied Ukraine self-harm to dodge frontline service

Ukrainians who have ended up in the ranks of Russia’s occupying army are injuring themselves to avoid taking part in assault operations against Ukraine’s Defense Forces in Kherson Oblast, Atesh partisan movement wrote on July 28.

28 July 2025, 12:35 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 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

Ukraine launches over 11,000 cases against draft dodgers since 2022 invasion

Since the onset of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrainian authorities have opened nearly 11,300 criminal cases related to draft evasion and violations of military registration, according to the response of the Prosecutor General's Office to a request from NV.

29 April 2024, 05:13 PM

Ukraine needs to lower draft age from 25 to 20 — Taras Chmut

Badly in need of additional manpower, Ukraine should lower draft age to 20 years, Taras Chmut, head of the Come Back Alive charity foundation, said in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda on April 10.

11 April 2024, 08:28 PM

Occupied Crimea faces new challenge as Russia plans large-scale draft

The Russian authorities are planning to mobilize 15,000 people in temporarily occupied Crimea, according to an April 5 report by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center (CTRC).

6 April 2024, 04:15 PM

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