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| Russian conscripts will be sent to the troops from April 10 |
| 2025-04-01 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Conscripts called up as part of the spring draft of 2025 will begin to be sent to the troops from assembly points on April 10. This was reported on March 31 by Vice Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, Deputy Chief of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. “The start of sending conscripts from assembly points is planned for April 10, 2025. The term of military service by conscription, as before, will be 12 months,” he noted. Tsimlyansky added that all conscripts will be sent to serve in the military at permanent deployment points of units and military units of the armed forces and other military formations on the territory of Russia. At the same time, he emphasized that conscripts will not be sent to the deployment points of units in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions. They will also not be involved in the implementation of special military operation tasks. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the spring conscription, which will take place from April 1 to July 15, 2025. A total of 160 thousand people will be called up. The Ministry of Defense reported that notification of conscription for military service will be carried out by paper summonses, they still have legal force. Summons will be sent by registered mail with notifications to the place of residence or stay of the conscript or delivered in person. At the same time, electronic summonses will be sent to the personal account on the State Services portal and to the personal account of Muscovites on the official portal of the mayor and the government of Moscow "Mos.ru". Since 2024, the draft age in Russia has been increased to 30 years. Last year, 150 thousand people were called up for the spring draft and 133 thousand people for the autumn draft. |
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