About 800 recruits entered basic training, including 446 volunteers and 82 women, according to the Defense Ministry. The move comes after Zagreb amended the law last year amid heightened security concerns in Europe linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Defense Minister Ivan Anušić said authorities spent 18 months preparing the legal framework, infrastructure and armed forces for the program, adding that nearly all those called up had reported for service. Croatia suspended compulsory service in 2008. The new basic military training program, which began earlier this month, is intended to strengthen the country’s defense readiness and reserve capacity.