Russian officials plan to draft 300,000 residents of occupied territories after ‘elections’

Journalist Andriy Tsaplienko reported this, referring to the order of the Russian Defense Ministry No. 124 of 06.03.2023 "On additional conscription of citizens for military service under mobilization". 

According to Tsaplienko, the document with the note "For official use only" has been distributed since March 11 among the employees of the Russian Military Investigation Committee operating in the occupied territory of Kherson region.

"It instructs the military commissars of the Russian Federation to conduct conscription for military service as part of the partial mobilization of up to 300,000 'new Russian' citizens by June 1, 2024," Tsaplienko writes. 

As noted, the order should come into force on March 25, i.e., immediately after the elections.

• Earlier, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine made public the number of Russian ground troops on the territory of Ukraine: as of January 2024, 462,000 occupying Russian troops are fighting in Ukraine. The Russian Federation has concentrated all its ground forces in Ukraine.