Overview

• Putin’s decree calls men aged 18–30 for service from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, bringing the 2025 total with the spring intake to one of the highest since 2016.
• The State Duma has advanced a bill on first reading to replace biannual drafts with year‑round conscription starting in 2026 if adopted.
• Military authorities say Moscow, Mari El, Ryazan and Sakhalin will issue electronic‑only summonses this fall, leveraging a 2023 law that enables digital notices and automatic penalties for no‑shows.
• Russia maintains conscription is separate from wartime mobilization and says draftees serve one year inside the country, yet independent reporting describes efforts to steer conscripts into contract service used in Ukraine.
• Ukraine’s Center of National Resistance says Russia is falling short of 2025 mobilization targets in occupied Crimea, an assertion the outlet could not independently verify.