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.
Putin’s goal has been to reestablish something like the Soviet Union and the territory that covered. Far as he’s concerned, Ukraine is legitimately Russian.
Still don’t under stand why he’s poking the bear with NATO when he’s struggling with his current war. Ukraine has bombed so many refineries that he’s blocked fuel exports. Russia just launched the largest drone and rocket offensive and killed a whopping 4 people.
Ukraine has been fighting the Russian taxation since before the Czars
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russification_of_Ukraine
He seems to do his classic bluff and threatening, assuming NATO will then back off as they have done in the past. It’s not very effective these days.