ISW: Putin orders semi-annual draft while turning conscription into year-round bureaucracy to dodge mobilization bottlenecks
A shift that could let Russia tap more reservists later without public mobilization shock.
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Forbes: Elite Ukrainian unit overwhelmed with 900 volunteers each month while army forces draft
A converted shipping container in Ukraine's capital houses an unlikely solution to military recruitment: a drone training program so popular it turns away qualified applicants while other units struggle to fill their ranks.
To win in a war of attrition, Ukraine should mobilize women, report argues
As casualties mount and draft-eligible men dwindle, a Ukrainian report is sparking debate over mobilizing women to sustain the nation's defense against Russia's protracted invasion, citing Britain's auxiliary forces that freed 450,000 men in World War II.