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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

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