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Information on military service, conscription, and mobilization

The following publications by EUAA, the Danish Immigration Service and the Swedish Migration Agency provide background information:

For earlier developments, see our previous information collection on the partial military mobilization (last update in March 2023).

The most recent documents on the issue

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  • 9 October 2025 | Jamestown Foundation (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Article on the challenges veterans of the Ukraine war pose to Russian society and the political elite

    Kremlin Faces Problems in Recruiting Veterans into Political Elite (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • These words were clearly designed both to recruit more men for his army by reassuring them that returning veterans would be given positions of power and authority (see EDM [https://jamestown.org/program/veterans-of-war-against-ukraine-become-new-russian-elite/] , March 13, 2024). In the months since, he has pursued a three-pronged effort to provide substance to this ideological campaign.
    enID 2131067

  • 8 October 2025 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Analysis of military and security-related developments of the day

    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 8, 2025 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • Dobropillya near Shakhove and Vilne; and southeast of Dobropillya near Zapovidne, Ivanivka, Dorozhnie, Boykivka, Zatyshok, and Nove Shakhove on October 7 and 8.[73] A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Zatyshok.[74] A Russian milblogger and former Storm-Z instructor claimed that Russian reinforcements in the Dobropillya penetration area are mostly composed of older recruits
    enID 2131090

  • 7 October 2025 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Analysis of military and security-related developments of the day

    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 7, 2025 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • the extent to which drones complicate ground advances and casualty evacuation.Ukraine’s “I Want to Live” initiative published leaked Russian data on October 6 detailing Russian military casualties from January to August 2025.[9] The data indicates that Russian forces suffered a total of 281,550 casualties of which: 86,744 were killed in action (KIA), including 1,583 officers and 8,633 penal recruits […] ; 33,996 are missing in action (MIA), including 11,427 penal recruits; 158,529 were wounded in action (WIA), including 6,356 officers and 16,489 penal recruits; and 2,311 were captured. […] beginning to form a strategic reserve for future deployment.[17] ISW previously assessed that Russian casualty rates marginally decreased and gains became less costly during Summer 2025 compared to Fall 2024 and Spring 2025, likely due in part to Russia’s renewed emphasis on using UAVs to interdict Ukrainian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in rear areas.[18] Russia has proven its ability to recruit […] security ahead of Winter 2025–2026 and demoralize the Ukrainian populace.[109] == Significant Activity in Belarus == ==== Russian efforts to increase its military presence in Belarus and further integrate Belarus into Russian-favorable frameworks ==== The Belarussian Ministry of Defense (MoD) stated on October 7 that the Belarusian regional executive committees will hold annual state-wide mobilization […] readiness training sessions from October 7 to 10.[110] The Belarussian MoD stated that the training sessions will focus on preparing local government bodies to form territorial troops and people’s militia units in the event of mobilization.
    enID 2131089

  • 3 October 2025 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Analysis of military and security-related developments of the day

    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 3, 2025 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • of Sumy City near Sadky.[26] A Russian milblogger reportedly affiliated with the Russian Northern Grouping of Forces claimed on October 3 that the Russian military command appointed Colonel Anton Konzachakov as the new commander of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment (72nd Motorized Rifle Division, 44th Army Corps [AC], Leningrad Military District [LMD]).[27] The milblogger claimed that Russian servicemen
    enID 2130910

  • 2 October 2025 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Analysis of military and security-related developments of the day

    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 2, 2025 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • Mashovets noted that both the 20th and 25th CAAs have formed battalions consisting mainly of Russian servicemembers that Russian authorities recruited in prison or coerced into military service to avoid prison.
    enID 2130909
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