President Vladimir Putin called on 160,000 men aged 18-30, the highest number of conscripts in Russia since 2011 as the country strives to expand the size of its military.
Putin said Russia should increase its overall military size to nearly 2.39 million, while the number of active soldiers increased it overall to 1.5 million.
This is 180,000 over the next three years.
Vice Adm Vladimir Tsimlyansky said new conscripts would not be sent to Ukraine to fight for what Russia calls “special military operations.”
However, it was reported that they were killed by corpses during the battles in the Russian border area and they were sent to Ukraine to fight in the early days of the Total War.
Although we are trying to forge a ceasefire in the war, the current draft is still between April and July.
The violence on Tuesday did not disappoint, Ukraine said Russia’s attack on electricity facilities in the southern city of Hosen left 45,000 people without electricity.
Russia also claimed to have occupied another Ukrainian village in Rozlyiv in the Donetsk region.
Russia has summoned recruits in the spring and fall, but the latest 160,000 young men’s draft is 10,000 higher than the same period in 2024.
The youngsters available for drafts have increased since the beginning of last year by raising the maximum age from 27 to 30.
In addition to call notifications issued by Post, young people will also receive notifications on the state service website Gosuslugi.
In addition to the two annual drafts, Russia also called on a large number of men to serve as contract soldiers and recruited thousands of soldiers from North Korea.
Moscow had to respond to widespread losses in Ukraine, with the BBC and Mediozona verified more than 100,000 soldiers killed in Ukraine.
The real number may be more than twice.
Since Putin ordered his troops to occupy Ukraine in February 2022, Putin has expanded its scale three times.
Russia’s defense ministry linked the increase in military size to the “threat” of the Ukrainian war and the “growth” of “NATO’s ongoing expansion.”
NATO has expanded to include Finland and Sweden due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Finland has the longest border with Russia, 1,343 kilometers (834 miles) from Russia, and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Tuesday that his country will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention along with its neighbours, banning anti-counter mines.
Poland and the Baltic states made similar decisions two weeks ago due to Russian military threats.
Opp said the decision to use anti-artificial mine recovery was based on military advice and the Finnish people need not worry.
The Helsinki government also said that defense spending will increase to 3% of economic output (GDP) last year, which was 2.4%.
