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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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  • 12 November 2025 | Forum 18 (Author)

    Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

    Article on the Interior Ministry Federal Wanted List which lists people for exercising freedom of religion or belief, defending human rights or opposing the regime

    Exiled Orthodox journalist facing criminal charges added to Wanted List (Appeal or News Release, English)

    • . == Federal Wanted List – mechanisms and consequences == The Federal Wanted List (federalny rozysk) contains the names of those subject to searches on a Russia-wide basis (not internationally), and includes missing persons, men avoiding military service, and people who have not paid debts or child support, as well as individuals who are the subjects of criminal prosecution but whose whereabouts
    enID 2132581

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

    • The spokesperson noted that the Russian military command deploys fireteams consisting of two to three poorly trained penal recruits in the first wave of its attacks and follows them with more well-trained soldiers. The spokesperson noted that Russian forces include sufficient penal recruits to continue such attritional assaults.
    enID 2132670

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

    • Yunakivka, on November 7 and 8.[33] Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Andriivka (north of Sumy City).[34] A Russian milblogger reportedly affiliated with the Russian Northern Grouping of Forces amplified a Russian servicemember’s claim that Russian forces are suffering heavy losses near Bezsalivka (northwest of Sumy City on the international border) due to high desertion
    enID 2132669

  • 7 November 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, November 7, 2025 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • Russian 252nd Motorized Rifle Regiment (3rd Motorized Rifle Division, 20th Combined Arms Army [CAA, Moscow Military District [MMD]) operating in the Kharkiv direction are suffering supply shortages due to Ukrainian drone operations whereas elements of the 82nd Motorized Rifle Regiment (69th Motorized Rifle Division, 6th CAA, Leningrad Military District [LMD]) received reinforcements, possibly of recruits
    enID 2132379

  • 6 November 2025 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Author)

    Russian Federation, Ukraine

    Overview of activities of Russian forces in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine

    Russian Occupation Update, November 6, 2025 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • of residents of occupied Ukraine.Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on November 4 that will allow Russian military conscription administrative processes to occur year-round, as opposed to the current system of semi-annual spring and autumn conscription cycles.[6] The new conscription law will also apply to occupied Ukraine, allowing Russia to scale up its illegal mobilization processes […] that have been occurring in occupied territories since 2022 or 2014.[7] The Ukrainian Resistance Center reported on October 31 that Russian occupation authorities have already begun year-round conscription processes in occupied areas and have instructed military enlistment offices to compile lists of 18 to 50-year-old men for conscription in occupied Melitopol.[8] Law enforcement services in […] Ukrainian outlet Suspilne reported on October 30 that Russia has long used occupied Crimea as a testing ground for forced mobilization mechanisms under occupation.[9] Crimean Human Rights Group Head Olha Skrypnyk reported that Russia’s previous bi-annual fall and spring conscription efforts mobilized around three thousand local Crimean residents each, and that Russian occupation authorities would […] also force some of the conscripts to sign “voluntary” contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) to obscure the scale of forced mobilization in Crimea. […] Second, Russia instrumentalizes mobilization as a tool to suppress anti-occupation sentiment and resistance by incentivizing compliance with the occupation regime. These mobilization efforts also constitute a gross violation of international law.
    enID 2132377
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