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.

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    You don’t need unbiased reporting to see the funerals of your friends and neighbors. You don’t need unbiased reporting to see the huge increase in gas prices —if you can get any at all. You don’t need unbiased reporting to see that Russia is gaining ground literally several times slower than a snail’s pace (a snail would have crossed all of Ukraine, and that was a year or maybe more ago).

    At a certain point, biased reporting can only do so much. They know that things are wrong. They know they’re suffering. They know that they aren’t winning like the government told them they would. They just need to do something to change this.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        1 day ago

        Hey, an actual comment that understood 1984! That’s nice to see. Normally people think it just talks about surveillance.

        Even in 1984, where the party has total control over all media, and even control over the language, there is still small dissent. It makes it harder to go against them, but not impossible. It’s just a story though, so it doesn’t actually show reality.

        If things get bad enough there’s only so much the media can do to calm people down. Once they can’t calm them they need to scare them from fighting back. If it gets to that point I think they’re done. There’s already very effective partisan activity in the Russian mainland disrupting the war effort. If they can better blend in to native activity it’ll be even easier.