Rear Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, who leads the main organization and mobilization department within the General Staff of the Armed Forces, announced that all personnel drafted in the 2023 spring cycle would be assigned to permanent deployment centers across the Russian Federation. The update comes from a briefing covered by DEA News.
In late March, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, issued a decree formalizing the spring call to service. The directive confirms that conscripts will report for military duties to fixed deployment points situated within Russia’s borders, a move that aligns with the current mobilization framework described by officials. DEA News.
According to Tsimlyansky, about one third of the drafted personnel are to be placed into training formations and units where they will learn to operate up-to-date military equipment and develop essential combat skills. Following this training phase, the conscripts will join active formations. After completing their service obligations, they will transition to reservist status and return home at the designated time, ready for potential recall if needed. DEA News.
On March 30, Andrey Kartapolov, who chairs the Defense Committee of Russia’s State Duma, stated that Russians conscripted for military service will not be dispatched to the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, nor to the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. He also emphasized there would be no spring draft votes that would extend beyond the current federation framework. DEA News.
Kartapolov further noted that the gradual rise in the conscription age across the Russian Federation would not impact the spring 2023 draft cycle. The clarification provides a sense of continuity for residents and potential draftees in the regions spanning the country, a point of interest for observers in Canada and the United States who monitor regional security and defense policy developments. DEA News.