Conscription

To combat its growing personnel shortage, Russia has approved a bill that will expand the military draft.

The Biden administration is urging Zelensky to lower the draft age, but many are concerned with how this would affect Ukraine's low birth rates.

The man became lost in freezing cold Romanian mountains after fleeing Ukraine to avoid being drafted to fight in the war against Russia.

Ukraine's parliament has updated the military service law, taking the first step toward conscripting women into the military.

The South Korean man was convicted after gaining 44 pounds in order to dodge his nation's compulsory military duty.

Moscow is reportedly forcing Ukrainians to fight against their own country, a practice decried as violating international law.

Kyiv is contending with how best to replenish its frontline units as Russia faces a dilemma on how to keep its forces fighting.

Ukraine puts Russian casualties at around 665,200 since February 2022, with no real prospect of a quick end to the conflict.

The House and Senate are considering changing the law to include women in the draft.

Prisoners can now be drafted into the war effort after new laws were signed on Friday.

Putting more potential fighters into the armed forces is a contentious issue for both Moscow and Kyiv.

Russia's war on Ukraine has highlighted NATO's lack of preparedness for involvement in a major conflict.

Patriarch Kirill criticized the Kremlin's decision to allow for the mobilization of fathers with three or more children in Russia.

"They will achieve an armed insurrection...my husband can no longer tolerate all this," one Telegram user warned.

The city of Avdiivka has become a military hotbed between Russian and Ukrainian forces.

The wives of mobilized Russians published an appeal criticizing the Kremlin for betraying the public.

Relatives of Russian men drafted to fight in Ukraine say the treatment of mobilized soldiers is akin to "legalized slavery."

Since the start of the war, approximately one million Russians have moved abroad, with hundreds of thousands fleeing Vladimir Putin's mobilization order.

Political economist Konstantin Sonin said Putin is likely holding off calling a mass mobilization because the war in Ukraine is "deeply unpopular" in Russia.

As many as 5,000 law enforcement employees left their jobs in July, Russia's Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said.

The Kremlin is gradually strengthening its conscription process as casualties mount on the battlefields of Ukraine.

The polling was conducted a few weeks into the start of Ukraine's counteroffensive to recapture territories seized by Russia throughout the war.

Pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts shared a document they claim shows that the Ukrainian leader issued a fresh mobilization decree on June 19.

Russian officials have suggested that such surgeries could impact Russia's defensive capabilities amid the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The British Ministry of Defense said it was unlikely that Russia would reach its target of 400,000 conscripts, but would seek to delay further mobilization.

The British defense ministry has assessed that Russian media reporting suggests authorities are preparing to start a "major military recruitment campaign."

Russia has rolled out a law making it tougher for citizens to avoid being called up for military service.

An upper age limit for Russian National Guard members serving in parts of Ukraine has been lifted until January 1, 2026.

Alexander Lependin told local news outlets that his legs were tired from a gym session.

A 19-year-old conscript from Tatarstan was reportedly killed in the shooting, and a 22-year-old conscript from Novosibirsk was hospitalized.