Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a new federal law aimed at making it easier for authorities to track potential military conscripts amid Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which continues to deplete Russian troop numbers, in addition to untold humanitarian costs.

The new law will overturn Russia’s previous military service rules, which provided: “When he turns eighteen, a Russian male receives a summons to appear at his local draft board for conscription proceedings. According to the regulation on conscription, he must be directly handed the summons and must sign it.”

However, under the recently enacted legislation, summons are delivered both physically and electronically. Once the electronic notification is sent to the recipient, it is considered binding. An individual, upon being summoned, is then required to appear before the military enlistment office within 20 days of the date of notification. Failure to appear can result in a range of consequences, including losing the right to leave Russia, renew one’s identification documents, file other official documents, or obtain loans.

In addition to heavy military losses sustained on both sides, civilian casualties continue to surge. In the approximately 15 months since Moscow invaded Ukraine in violation of international law pertaining to sovereignty and territorial integrity, 8,490 civilians are known to have been killed, and 14, 244 have been injured, according to a recent report by the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR). The report notes that actual figures are likely significantly higher due to the complications of gathering casualty data in real time.