Putin’s spring call-up is Russia’s largest conscription drive since 2011
On 31 March 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of 160,000 men by 15 July in Russia’s largest conscription call-up since 2011. The spring draft call-up of 160,000 (Russia also has an autumn call-up) compares with 150,000 conscripts called for in the 2024 spring draft and 134,500 in 2022. In 2024 Putin also raised […]