Overview

• Russia's spring 2025 conscription campaign aims to enlist 160,000 men aged 18-30, the highest number since 2012.
• The draft includes a centralized electronic database and notifications via the Gosuslugi state services portal, alongside traditional printed notices.
• This conscription effort reflects Russia's broader military expansion, with personnel targets now set at 2.4 million, including 1.5 million soldiers.
• Despite official claims that conscripts are not deployed to Ukraine, reports suggest some have been involved in combat in Russian border regions.
• The campaign is part of Russia's biannual conscription tradition, which enlists over 100,000 men each spring and fall for one year of service.