Putin orders conscription of 133,000 servicemen in Russia’s autumn draft
Putin last month ordered army to be increased to 1.5 million servicemen, a move that would make it the world’s second largest, after China
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of 133,000 new servicemen in Russia’s autumn draft that starts October 1 and goes until the end of the year, according to a Kremlin decree published on Monday.
The decree, published in Russian state-run newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, calls to carry out the draft of citizens “aged 18 to 30 years, who are not in the reserve and are subject to conscription in accordance with the Federal Law … in the amount of 133,000 people”.
The head of Russia’s conscription office, Vice-Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky said the terms for the conscript remain the same: 12-month service in military units in Russia.
“I would like to note that conscripts will not be called up to participate in the special military operation in the new regions,” Rossiyskaya Gazeta cited Tsimlyansky as saying.
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