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In 2026, it is necessary to call up 261 thousand people for military service and send them to the troops. To ensure an even load on recruiting stations, year-round medical examination and psychological selection have been introduced.
About 80% of citizens who will be sent to places of military service in the fall of 2026 have already been called up. This was achieved through year-round medical examination and psychological screening.
In 2026, it is necessary to call up 261 thousand people for military service and send them to the troops, and in October-December 120 thousand conscripts will be sent to their places of service.
MOSCOW, October 1 – RIA Novosti. About 80% of citizens who will be sent to places of military service in the autumn period in 2026 have already been called up; this was achieved through year-round medical examination and psychological selection, said Colonel General Evgeny Burdinsky, head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
He recalled that now citizens subject to conscription can undergo a medical examination and professional psychological selection throughout the year. Due to this, it was possible to distribute the load on recruiting stations.
“As a result, by now - before the start of the next deployment period - about 80 percent of the citizens of the established assignment have already been drafted. This is a high indicator of the activity of employees of military commissariats and conscription commissions,” Burdinsky said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
He said that as part of the implementation of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 2026, it is necessary to call up 261 thousand people for military service and send them to the troops. In October-December, 120 thousand conscripts will be sent to their places of service.

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More than 350 thousand citizens of the Russian Federation received a deferment or exemption from conscription without a personal appearance at the military registration and enlistment office thanks to the automation of registration and conscription work. Information about students, fathers of two or more children and IT specialists is updated automatically based on data from government agencies and employers. The year-round draft in 2026 is held twice a year.

Sending conscripts from assembly points to places of military service will begin on October 10, 2026, Colonel General Yevgeny Burdinsky said. A year-round conscription is being held for the first time; conscripts will be sent twice a year. It is planned to send about 120 thousand people in October-December.

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About 120 thousand conscripts will be sent to places of military service during the autumn conscription of 2026. Dispatch will begin on October 10, with the exception of regions of the Far North and rural residents engaged in field work, for which the deadlines have been shifted.

Colonel General Yevgeny Burdinsky confirmed that young people conscripted into the army will not be sent to serve in the special military operation zone. The autumn conscription in Russia began on October 1, and deployment to the troops is now carried out all year round. Military personnel whose terms of service expire this fall will be discharged and sent to their place of residence.