Russia continues its established annual conscription process with the autumn 2026 call-up of roughly 120,000 men, scheduled to begin deployment on October 10, under a year-round system introduced earlier in the year. Russian officials have repeatedly stated that these conscripts will not be assigned to combat operations in Ukraine and have dismissed reports of an imminent large-scale forced mobilization of reservists as unfounded. Ukrainian intelligence and Western reporting indicate ongoing efforts to expand manpower through contract recruitment, reservist outreach, foreign enlistment, and incremental force-size increases via presidential decrees, amid sustained battlefield requirements. No public announcement of a new partial mobilization has occurred since the 2022 wave, with authorities emphasizing voluntary and routine measures instead. Scheduled events such as further recruitment drives or policy adjustments could influence future developments within any resolution timeframe.