In Photos: Russia's Autumn Round of Military Conscription Gets Underway
Russia's autumn round of military conscription began a month later than usual this year due to the country's "partial" mobilization drive and is scheduled to run until Dec. 31.
The campaign, which enlists men aged between 18 and 27 for their compulsory year-long military service, is one of two that take place annually in Russia. But this year, many awaiting their call-up papers this year will worry what exactly their military service might involve as Russia's war with Ukraine enters its 10th month.
The autumn call-up is expected to draft 120,000 new conscripts into the army. Despite pledges from the military authorities that none of the new servicemen will be sent to fight in Ukraine, there remains widespread skepticism about the claim.
The campaign, which enlists men aged between 18 and 27 for their compulsory year-long military service, is one of two that take place annually in Russia. But this year, many awaiting their call-up papers this year will worry what exactly their military service might involve as Russia's war with Ukraine enters its 10th month.
The autumn call-up is expected to draft 120,000 new conscripts into the army. Despite pledges from the military authorities that none of the new servicemen will be sent to fight in Ukraine, there remains widespread skepticism about the claim.
A young conscript at the Novosibirsk train station waiting to depart for military service.
Kirill Kukhmar / TASS
Conscripts getting on a bus outside a recruitment center in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan.
Yegor Aleyev / TASS
A conscript undergoes a medical examination at a conscription center in Siberia's Novosibirsk region.
Kirill Kukhmar / TASS
Conscripts change into military uniforms at a conscription center in the Leningrad region.
Alexander Demianchuk / TASS
A conscript puts on a uniform at a muster station in the Kaliningrad region.
Vitaly Nevar / TASS
Conscripts eating a meal in the canteen of a Moscow conscription center ahead of their departure for military service.
Sergei Fadeichev / TASS
A conscript in the Sverdlovsk region town of Yegorshino bids his family farewell.
Donat Sorokin / TASS
A Russian Orthodox priest blesses young conscripts at a draft office in the city of Simferopol in Russian-annexed Crimea.
Sergei Malgavko / TASS
A conscript saying goodbye to his family at Sevastopol train station in Crimea.
A conscript departing from Sevastopol looks through a train window as his family waves goodbye.
Sergei Malgavko / TASS
