Russian Defence Ministry reveals number of mobilised Russians

As part of the partial mobilisation in Russia, 302,503 people from 1,430 municipalities were drafted into the ranks of the Armed Forces.

Some 33,000 mobilized Russians arrived at military enlistment offices on their own without waiting to receive a summons, RBC reports, citing materials from the report “Army in Figures - 2023” presented by the Russian Ministry of Defence.

More than half of those mobilised are married (57%) and have children (56.3%). A third have one child (31%), a quarter have two, and 0.3% have three children.

Some 7% of those mobilised received higher education. 30% have secondary vocational education, another 63% have secondary education. The vast majority served in the army (96.4%).