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Ukraine at War, 28 October 2025

As Ukraine has entered its fourth year of full-scale war, one particularly pressing theme is mobilisation policy and the growing risk of war-weariness among Ukrainians. Ukraine’s biggest strength has rested on the resilience and motivation of its population, despite being outnumbered by its adversary. Russia, with over 100 million more inhabitants, can draw on a far larger recruitment base, even if its soldiers’ training and morale remain low. What are Ukraine’s and Russia’s strategies for mobilizing conscripts and recruiting volunteers to their armed forces? How have these strategies changed as the war has progressed? For Ukraine – how may the country manage to keep the fight going in view of the massive demographic imbalance in Russia’ favour? This seminar offers expert insights into how mobilisation policies in both countries have developed and what they mean for the course of the conflict. PROGRAMME 00:00:05 Welcome and introduction Professor Sven G. Holtsmark, NDUC Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) 00:06:21 Defending Survival: Mobilization in Ukraine – From National Policies to Individual Decisions Oleksandra Deineko, researcher, OsloMet/IFS 00:37:14 Recruiting for the war against Ukraine and confrontation with Europe: Russia’s covert mobilization, strategic reserve and reaching out to the next generatio Margarete Klein, Dr. phil. and Head of the SWP‘s research group on Eastern Europe and Eurasia