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Russia Approves Law to Deploy 2M Reservists to Ukraine
The law enables Putin to call up nearly 2 million reservists for defense and combat roles abroad without formal mobilization, aiming to address personnel shortages amid ongoing conflict.
- On October 13, the Russian government approved a draft law giving Russian leader Vladimir Putin authority to call up mobilization reservists in peacetime amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine described as a `special military operation` under Russian law.
- Officials say the change responds to personnel shortfalls as recruitment advertisements on Russian social media rose by more than 40% in the first half of 2025, activating the mobilization reserve created by Vladimir Putin's 2015 decree.
- Defense Ministry amendments stipulate contracted reservists attend special assemblies lasting up to two months with extra pay, and State Duma Chair Andrei Kartapolov confirmed overseas deployments to Ukraine's Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
- Analysts say the law expands Kremlin options, giving it flexibility to increase manpower if mobilization becomes difficult; the Institute for the Study of War warns it enables rolling partial mobilization without war declaration.
- Lawmakers cite about two million in the active reserve, but ICDS researcher Igor Gretski warns `I believe the Russian Ministry of Defense first wants to turn these reservists into a military force in Ukraine, and second, to persuade at least some of them to sign long-term contracts with the ministry`.
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