The 2025 autumn draft in Russia, set for October to December, will conscript 135,000 young adults, per a new decree.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has signed a decree for the 2025 autumn military draft, running from October 1 to December 31, according to a decree posted on the official Russian government legal portal on September 29.

The call-up will target 135,000 Russian citizens aged 18 to 30.

Vice Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, deputy head of Russia’s Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate, said draftees will serve only within Russia and will not participate in Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Previously, it was reported Russia is considering a major overhaul of its conscription system that would allow for continuous draft procedures year-round, as the country grapples with unprecedented military losses in Ukraine, according to the proposed legislative changes, introduced by the head of the Russian Parliament’s Defense Committee.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    2 days ago

    And all these suckers go and die for him. In a country of 100 million, not even one of them bothers to put a bullet in Putin, instead of being his cannon fodder.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      IIRC private citizens aren’t allowed to own guns in Russia, and Putin controls the oligarchs that control the mob, so he has direct control of all the weapons in the country. In theory.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        I’m certain that can’t be totally true. In remote areas hunting must be allowed. Maybe you have to have a license, but there’s no way no civilians own guns legally. Also, there’s a lot of illegal guns in Russia too.

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      2 days ago

      That’s the part I don’t understand. Those Russian soldiers are being abused in unimaginable ways. And yet they just take it and let themselves be killed.

      • Capsicones@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        16·
        2 days ago

        Russian soldiers come from poor regions: Siberia, the Far East, Kalmykia, etc. To many poor recruits the pay far exceeds anything they could get in civilian life. It’s the same strategy as the US military: go to impoverished states and get those desperate poor schmucks to fight and die for you.

        Russia has expanded the draft and seemingly can’t count on volunteers as much as before. So the situation may change in the future.