The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Andrei Biryukov said that the first recruits will begin on April 20 as part of the spring operation. He told this to reporters.
According to him, a third of the soldiers will be sent to training units and military units, where in three months they will master modern military equipment and receive military specialties.
Compulsory military service has already begun in Russia, a total of 147 thousand Russians are planned to be drafted into the military. The call campaign will last until July 15.
As before announced Not a single enlisted soldier will be sent to the special operations zone, said Rear Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, representative of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
The most enlisted persons will traditionally be sent to serve in the Army and Navy.
In total, more than 700,000 young men enlisted this year.
The previous day, the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces talked about the increase in the number of recruitment points for contract service.