Putin calls an additional 120,000 citizens up for military service
Putin calls an additional 120,000 citizens up for military service
The Kremlin leader claimed the announcement had ‘nothing to do’ with the country’s ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine (Picture: Reuters)
Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out a new routine autumn conscription campaign, calling 120,000 citizens up for statutory military service.
State news agency TASS quoted Russia’s defence ministry as saying the announcement was ‘not in any way…