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Military enlistment office in Russia's Smolensk Oblast practices handing out conscription notices

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The "training run" of general mobilization was held on Aug. 17 with the purpose of assessing the performance of the enlistment centers, Russian independent news outlet Meduza reported, citing local Russian news reports. Conscription notices were handed out to both reservists and any other men under 60 and on the military register, according to the reports.

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