"Putin Signs Decree for 150,000 Spring Military Conscripts, Ukraine Issues Fatal Warning to Russia"

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree for the spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service, with the maximum conscription age raised to 30 from 27. Compulsory military service remains a sensitive issue in Russia, and conscripts cannot be deployed to fight outside the country. In 2022, at least 300,000 men with previous military training were gathered for a limited mobilization to fight in Ukraine, but some conscripts were sent to the front in error.