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A total of 150,000 people will be recruited into the Russian army in the spring of 2024. The picture shows the recruitment site

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 15 local time that Russia's 2024 spring conscription has ended, with a total of 150,000 people enlisting in the army.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stressed that all conscripts were not sent to deployment points in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, nor did they participate in special military operations. (CCTV reporter Song Yao)

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Zelensky: Russian representatives should attend the second Ukrainian peace summit

According to reports from TASS and AFP on July 15 local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that Russian representatives should attend the second peace summit on the Ukrainian issue.

According to reports, Zelensky said at a press conference, "I think that Russian representatives should attend the second (Ukrainian peace) summit." He mentioned that preparations for the summit are planned to be completed before November.

The picture shows Zelensky's profile picture. He said that Russian representatives should attend the second peace summit on Ukraine

"My goal is to have a completely ready plan by November. Once the plan is ready, everything will be ready for the second summit," Zelensky said.

TASS mentioned that the first Ukrainian peace summit was held in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, from June 15 to 16 at the request of Kiev. Russia was not invited to the summit. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova once said that such a meeting could not be the basis for lasting peace.

As of press time, the Russian side has not yet responded to this proposal.

The Ukrainian Peace Summit held in Switzerland issued a joint statement on June 16, calling for "the participation and dialogue of all parties to achieve peace" and emphasizing that "any peace agreement aimed at ending the war should respect the territorial integrity of all countries, including Ukraine." Reuters and other Western media said that although representatives from more than 90 countries participated in the meeting, some developing countries only sent low-level diplomats to attend the meeting because Russia, the country concerned, was not invited to attend the meeting, which made the meeting "bleak." It also "cast a shadow" on the West's efforts to win over the global South on the Ukrainian issue.

"There is a key question: How and when can Russia be included in this process?" Swiss President Amed, who hosted the summit, said at the closing ceremony on June 16: "We have heard this view in many statements: a lasting solution must involve both sides."