RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation that 120 thousand people were drafted into the army during the autumn conscription campaign. It is stated that they will not be involved in their own.
Myonobrony emphasizes that the military enlistment offices conducted the autumn draft in the face of negative influence from the Western media, the purpose of which was to discredit the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special military operation in the Donbass. Demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine were called the goals of the SVO.