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YEREVAN, MARCH 31, ARMENPRESS. The Russian General Staff is not planning to hold a second wave of mobilization, because the current number of “volunteers and servicemen” is sufficient for fulfilling the tasks of the “special operation” in Ukraine, the head of the Russian General Staff’s main organization and mobilization department Rear Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky has said.

"I would like to assure you that the General Staff’s plans do not include the second wave of mobilization. The current number of conscripts and people who volunteered to participate in the [special] operation is sufficient for fulfilling the objectives," TASS quoted Rear Admiral Tsimlyansky as saying during a briefing devoted to Russia’s spring conscription for mandatory service.

In his words, "the number of citizens who decided to join the Russian armed forces under the enlistment contract has increased significantly as of lately."

This year’s spring conscription in Russia will be held during its usual timeframe of April 1 – July 15 for a total of 147,000 Russians aged between 18 and 27.

Meanwhile, Russian officials said that the conscripts called up for mandatory military service won’t be sent to Ukraine.

Russia mobilized 318,000 men in autumn 2022 for what it describes as “a special military operation” in Ukraine, which Kiev and many Western countries say is an unprovoked aggression.