citizens called to arms, decree signed –

After the attack in Moscow, Russia reacted with a show of strength. Last night a new bombing hit the Lviv region, in the west of Ukraine and not far from the Polish border. “There is no night, nor day in which Russian terrorism does not try to break our lives. Last night they once more launched ‘Shahed’ missiles and drones once morest people. But we defend ourselves, we resist, our spirit does not break surrenders and knows that death can be avoided. Life can prevail,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in X. But Vladimir Putin has no intention of stopping his forces and, indeed, signed a decree on the spring conscription of Russian citizens for military service in the period from April 1 to July 15.

This means that 150 thousand people will be called to arms by the decree, which extends the age up to 30 (three more than the previous call to arms, in autumn 2023). Under the new rules, which came into force on January 1, citizens aged between 18 and 30 will be subject to compulsory conscription (excluding those who turned 27 before the end of 2023 and reservists who are 28 and 29 years old). . The decree also provides for a moratorium on the service for citizens who work in IT companies; and establishes the release of soldiers, sailors, sergeants and corporals who have already completed their service. Rear Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, head of the organization and mobilization of the Russian General Staff, reported last week that the new recruits will not participate in the war with Ukraine nor will they be sent to the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, annexed in 2022.