invasion of Ukraine and subsequent

Both these trends appear to have resulted from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent mobilisation of reservists (men who have already completed conscript service) in 2022. The numbers of those who are doing ACS have also significantly risen. According to Russian federal statistics, 1,199 young men were doing ACS in the first half of 2023, and by the first half of 2024 the number had risen to 2,022 (see below). “After the war began, the situation changed dramatically, and now it has become very difficult to obtain ACS,” a Seventh-day Adventist from Krasnodar Region, Andrey Bondarenko, commented to Forum 18 from outside Russia. He noted that even a staff member at the military registration and enlistment office had told him that “getting ACS is now a hellishly difficult task” (see below). สล็อต