Russia and Ukraine have tightened their conscription rules ahead of a widely expected Ukrainian counter-offensive in the coming weeks.
In Moscow, the parliament rushed through legislation on Tuesday, making it significantly more difficult for Russians to dodge the draft and automatically banning registered conscripts from leaving the country.
In Ukraine, where men aged 18 to 60 have been banned from leaving the country since Russia launched its full-scale invasion last year, the government on Tuesday approved new rules allowing recruitment centres to send summonses anywhere in the country. Previously, summonses could only be handed to men at their registered addresses, but tracking them down proved difficult due to large-scale internal migration as a result of the war.