Terrorist country announces year-round mobilization for occupied Crimea

The aggressor country, Russia, has introduced year-round mobilization, which endangers residents of the occupied Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The new law actually legalizes permanent conscription and strengthens the control of the occupation authorities.

This was reported by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.

The so-called State Duma of the Russian Federation approved in the second reading a draft law that provides for the conscription of citizens for military service throughout 2026 - from January 1 to December 31.

The document also limits the validity of electronic summonses to 30 days, during which conscripts will not be able to leave the country. In addition, the law stipulates that applications for review of decisions to send a conscript to the army must now be considered within five business days if the conscript was entitled to a deferral after mobilization.

In fact, the law legalizes the permanent mobilization process, which can be used to forcibly involve residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including Crimea, in the Russian army. Such actions indicate that mobilization in Russia is not only continuing, but also intensifying, censorship and secrecy are growing, which increases the risk of reprisals against those who try to tell the truth.

At the same time, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center has launched the "Grave" campaign, which informs Crimean residents about ways to avoid mobilization, actions to take when they receive a call-up, and opportunities to travel to third countries.

After the occupation of Crimea, Russia established a complete system of forced mobilization of the peninsula's residents into its armed forces. Between 2015 and 2025, it conducted 21 conscription campaigns, illegally sending at least 53,000 people to the army.

In October 2025, the 22nd campaign began and will last until the end of the year. The share of Crimeans among all conscripts in Russia is constantly growing - from 0.32% in 2015 to almost 2% after 2020. In 2023, the Kremlin began to digitize military records by creating a Unified Register of Persons Liable for Military Service and a system of electronic summonses. In May 2025, this system was launched in Crimea, allowing the occupation authorities to issue summonses remotely.

Анна Бальчінос