Putin signs decree to hold autumn conscription and call up 133,000 Russians

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin has signed a decree regarding an autumn conscription campaign to be held from 1 October to 31 December. It is planned to call up 133,000 people for military service. 

Source: Interfax, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet; Vladimir Tsymlyansky, Deputy Head of the Organisational and Mobilisation Department of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces; a decree signed by Putin 

Details: Putin’s decree states that 133,000 people are to be called up for military service, and this conscription must be held from 1 October to 31 December. 

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This refers to Russian citizens aged 18 to 30 who are not reservists and are subject to military service, according to Russian law. 

In addition, soldiers, sailors, sergeants and sergeant majors whose conscripted military service has expired must be discharged from military service.

Quote from Tsymlyansky: “The term of military service under conscription will not change and will be 12 months, and the dispatch of conscripts from the military enlistment offices is planned from 15 October 2024.”

Details: Tsymlyansky said that “all conscripts would be sent for military service to the permanent deployment points of military units on the territory of the Russian Federation”.

Tsymlyansky said that conscription for military service would be carried out from 1 October to 31 December 2024. 

“The exception will be citizens living in certain areas of the Far North and certain areas equivalent to them, where conscription will be carried out from 1 November to 31 December. This is due to the climatic characteristics of these areas,” he said.

Tsymlyansky noted that about a third of the recruits would be assigned to training units and military units.

Quote from Tsymlyansky: “After completing their training, they will be allocated to army units according to their skills.”

For reference: Russia usually conducts conscription campaigns twice a year – in the spring and in the autumn. 

Background: 

• UK intelligence believes that Russia will continue to force conscripts to sign contracts after completing their service in order to send them to war against Ukraine.
• Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that the Russians were facing a shortage of soldiers to wage war against Ukraine, which could force Russia to launch a new conscription campaign by the end of 2024.
• In September 2022, Putin announced a partial mobilisation of Russian citizens in an address to the nation. The autumn conscription campaign in Russia was postponed to 1 November, and Putin signed a decree that 120,000 people would be called up for military service.

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