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As Putin signs new law on draft, Russia says spring call-up is running as planned

FILE PHOTO: People walk past a desk promoting Russian army service in Moscow, Russia April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova

Russia's regular spring military draft campaign is proceeding as scheduled and there are no plans to send out mass electronic notices under a new system just signed into law by President Vladimir Putin, a top official said on Saturday.

The announcement by Colonel Andrei Biryukov, an official in an armed forces department responsible for the draft, appeared aimed at quelling speculation that Russia may quickly use the new system to launch another mass call-up for the war in Ukraine.

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