Russia mobilization

Putin quietly forces contract enlistment instead of public mobilization — expert

The Kremlin chose to quietly force contract soldiers into the Russian military to avoid announcing another official mobilization, Russian journalist Mikhail Fishman said in an interview with Radio NV on September 21.

22 September, 08:48 AM

Russia suffers frontline infantry deficit that mobilization cannot fix

Russian forces are facing an infantry shortage that cannot be remedied even by a post-election mobilization, 3rd Army Corps Commander Andrii Biletskyi said on National TV broadcast on Sept. 17.

17 September, 01:50 PM

Over 100,000 Russians flee to Georgia amid conscription fears

Amid rumors of a new conscription wave following Russia's State Duma elections in September, Russians have begun leaving the country preemptively, The Moscow Times reported on Aug. 28.

28 August, 04:49 PM

Russia plans to mobilize 600k troops across 2026–2027

Russian authorities are preparing a large-scale mobilization campaign to draft 600k soldiers across 2026 and 2027, Ukrainian intelligence agencies (HUR and FIS) announced at a briefing on Aug. 27.

27 August, 01:47 PM

Peskov dismisses rumors of a new Russian mobilization wave as a hoax

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called rumors of a new mobilization wave in Russia an "information canard” during an interview with state propaganda outlet RTVI.

25 August, 11:55 AM

Ukraine's UN envoy warns Russian public of potential mobilization

Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Andrii Melnyk warned the Russian public of a potential mobilization that could begin after September 20, speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on August 24.

25 August, 09:47 AM

Russia could intensify ‘creeping’ mobilization after September vote

Russia is unlikely to repeat the mass mobilization campaign of September 2022 after the State Duma elections, but the Kremlin may increasingly rely on a form of “creeping” mobilization disguised as contract recruitment, Russian journalist Mikhail Fishman said in an interview with Radio NV.

20 August, 11:55 AM

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

Putin plans war through 2027 as Kremlin weighs covert mobilization tactics

Several Russian economists and members of the country’s political elite are urging Vladimir Putin not to announce another mobilization, warning that it could rupture the Kremlin’s tacit bargain with the public.

17 August, 02:34 PM

Kremlin not planning new mass call-up despite troop shortages — Guardian

The Kremlin currently has no plans to launch a new wave of mobilization despite mounting battlefield losses and military manpower shortages, The Guardian reported on Aug. 14, citing sources familiar with internal discussions in Russia.

15 August, 12:16 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

New mobilization wave remains Putin's deeply personal decision — ISW

A potential new wave of mobilization in Russia remains a deeply personal decision for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on July 28.

29 July, 09:48 AM

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

Putin signs decree exempting Russian soldiers from repaying overdue debts

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has signed a decree exempting Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine and their families from having to repay some of their overdue debts, The Moscow Times reported on May 26.

26 May, 08:15 AM

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

Occupy-and-defend: could Russian reservists end up in occupied Ukrainian oblasts?

Russia's State Duma approved a bill allowing Russian authorities to mobilize reservists to protect critically important facilities and infrastructure, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Oct. 28.

29 October 2025, 11:46 AM

Russia struggles to recruit soldiers due to losses, low pay – HUR

Russia is struggling to recruit contract soldiers for its invasion army, particularly in the poorest regions including the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Ukraine's Defense Intelligence (HUR) reported on Telegram on Oct. 22.

22 October 2025, 05:02 PM

Budanov: Russia may launch another mobilization, poses serious threat

Russia is capable of declaring another mobilization, which poses a real threat, said Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry’s HUR intelligence agency, in an interview with Apostrof.

7 September 2025, 11:00 AM

Russia mobilized over 300,000 people in occupied Donetsk, report reveals

Russia has mobilized over 300,000 people from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk Oblast since the beginning of the full-scale invasion through summer 2024, according to a report by the Eastern Human Rights Group and the Institute for Strategic Research and Security (ISRS), as reported by Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday, Oct. 2.

2 October 2024, 03:50 PM

Russia mobilization