Ukraine’s General Staff confirms destruction of Russian Rubikon drone warehouses in Donetsk Oblast
Ukrainian forces struck several Russian military targets overnight, while the military confirmed a strike on drone warehouses used by Russia’s Rubikon unit, the General Staff said on Oct. 1.
Russia plans to draft approximately 120,000 individuals for compulsory military service this fall, according to Colonel General Yevgeny Burdinsky, who leads the Russian Armed Forces General Staff’s Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate. The conscripted men are set to depart from assembly points for their designated duties on October 10, Burdinsky stated.
He clarified that these conscripts "will not be sent to carry out tasks as part of the special military operation in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, or on Ukrainian territory." During the spring draft in 2026, which lasted from April to July, over 140,000 conscripts were dispatched to their posts.
Russia has maintained a "perpetual" draft system since 2026, requiring individuals to serve year-round but primarily deploying them in the spring and fall.
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