In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian… (военный · служба · весенний)
In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2025, No. 998, during the spring period, 141 thousand citizens were sent for military service. Military officials add that soldiers who served their required term were promptly discharged and transported to their places of residence.
Consensus
- The spring conscription campaign in Russia was completed on July 15, 2026.
- A total of 141,000 citizens were drafted for military service during the spring period.
- Conscripts were not sent to Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, or to Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
- Conscripts were not involved in tasks related to the special military operation.
- All conscripts who completed their term of service were timely discharged and returned to their places of residence.
- Transportation for conscripts was organized using 20 military aviation flights, 140 civilian aviation flights, 13 military trains, passenger trains, and military transport vehicles.
- Conscripts were provided with standard rations at recruitment centers.
- Notification of conscription was conducted via electronic summons.
- Information about issued summonses was entered into a public registry.
- Electronic notifications regarding summonses and temporary restrictions were sent to citizens' personal accounts on the State Services Portal.
Points of divergence
- Special attention was given to staffing scientific, scientific-production units (784 people) and sports companies (239 conscripts from national Olympic teams). — kommersant
- A 'direct hotline' system was established by the Main Organizational-Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff and mobilization departments of military districts during the deployment. — interfax
- Military expert Alexander Stepanov claimed that Ukraine is attempting to discredit Russia by portraying forced mobilization as occurring in Russia rather than on Ukraine's side. — vesti
- Conscripts had the right to choose their branch of service based on health and professional-psychological assessment results. — fontanka
Coverage (7 sources)
- Ministry of Defense reported completion of spring conscription — Ведомости
- Spring conscription in Russia concluded — Коммерсантъ
- Spring conscription in Russia concluded — Интерфакс
- Spring conscription in Russia concluded — Вести
- Russian Ministry of Defense reports completion of spring conscription — Фонтанка
- Spring period for sending citizens called up for military service has ended; 141 thousand sent to Russian Armed Forces — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Spring conscription period ends - 141,000 new recruits deployed to troops — РИА Новости (Telegram)