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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

These are the most recent documents from a search for terms related to the topics: (You can find more, and customise your search under this search link.)

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  • 11 December 2025 | HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author)

    Russian Federation, Ukraine

    Article on torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian military authorities and forces

    Russia’s Systematic Torture of Ukrainian POWs (Appeal or News Release, English)

    • Ukrainian servicemen who had been in the military prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion or held specific military roles, such as scouts, artillerymen, tankmen, or anti-aircraft gunners, as well as those who were younger and those with higher ranks, were reportedly treated the harshest.
    enID 2134109

  • 10 December 2025 | Forum 18 (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Article on the overturn of the conviction and 8-year prison term of Buddhist leader Ilya Vasilyev for Facebook post about Russian missile attack in Ukraine and the unsuccessful appeal of imprisoned Protestant pastor Nikolay Romanyuk against conviction

    Buddhist's retrial, Protestant pastor's appeal fails (Appeal or News Release, English)

    • Prosecutors had argued that Pastor Romanyuk had called on others to obstruct the work of military registration and enlistment offices in a sermon he had given at Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church in September 2022, on the first Sunday after the announcement of "partial mobilisation". […] Ivshin, a member of the National Guard and parishioner of the church, stated that the sermon had "called for not accepting summons [to serve in the Armed Forces] and not appearing at the meeting of the draft board", and had "offended" other servicemen who attend the church. The only serviceman he named, however, testified that he had not gone to the service on 25 September 2022. […] None of the other witnesses who had been present at the service claimed that Pastor Romanyuk had made any such calls, and two parishioners – an army lieutenant colonel and an employee of the Emergency Situations Ministry – testified that Romanyuk had never told them that they should leave military service.
    enID 2133982

  • 9 December 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, December 9, 2025 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • The Kremlin remains unlikely to undertake a single large-scale mobilization at this time, however, and is most likely to persistently recruit reservists on a rolling basis.Putin signed a decree on December 8 authorizing the compulsory call-up of an unspecified number of Russian inactive reservists who will undergo compulsory “military assemblies” in the Russian Armed Forces, National Guard (Rosgvardia […] Putin signed another law on November 4, allowing Russian military conscription administrative processes to occur year-round, as opposed to only during the spring and fall cycles as had happened before.[21] The Kremlin has also been simplifying conscription regulations, likely to decrease the number of administrative and medical staff needed to support the semi-annual conscription cycles.[22] The […] Kremlin notably postponed the Fall 2022 conscription cycle after declaring partial mobilization in late September 2022 because it lacked the necessary administrative and medical staff to simultaneously facilitate two compulsory call-ups, and the September 2022 partial mobilization resulted in mass societal backlash against the regime.[23] The December 8 decree marks a notable departure from […] The ever-increasing cost of the system that used high financial incentives to recruit volunteers and the growing need for manpower to sustain Russia’s highly attritional assaults have likely forced the Kremlin to reconsider its social contract regarding compulsory military service in Ukraine. […] The Kremlin remains unlikely to undertake a single large-scale mobilization at this time, however, and is most likely to persistently recruit reservists on a rolling basis. * A Kremlin official suggested that Russia may try to renege on any future peace agreement it signs with Ukraine due to the Ukrainian government’s alleged “illegitimacy” – as ISW has long warned.
    enID 2134165

  • 8 December 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, December 8, 2025 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • support the longstanding Kremlin narrative that the Ukrainian government is illegitimate.Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets stated on December 8 that Russian special services are planning to destabilize the domestic situation in Ukraine by staging allegedly “peaceful protests” in large cities throughout southern and eastern Ukraine.[10] Lubinets stated that the Russian special services plan to recruit
    enID 2134164

  • 7 December 2025 | RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

    Russian Federation, Ukraine

    Article on Russian state-supported foundation that finances measures to spread Russian propaganda in Ukraine

    Lavrov's Kyiv Footprint: How A Russian Foundation Financed Pro-Kremlin Activities in Ukraine (Media Report, English)

    • * Documents show the foundation used intermediaries to collect reports on alleged war crimes and advise on avoiding mobilization. * The network also ran websites promoting Russia’s false "denazification" narrative about Ukraine. […] Topics included "rules for crossing the border" and "obtaining deferrals from mobilization" -- suggesting that, whoever initiated the conversations, the center advised Ukrainians on actions that could undermine Kyiv's efforts to defend against the Russian invasion. […] Ukraine's defense against Russia, whose population is much larger, has been hampered by desertion, struggles to mobilize men of conscription age, and the flight of potential soldiers in violation of a bar prohibiting most men aged 23-60 from leaving the country.
    enID 2133872
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