The Russian President, Vladimir Putindecreed on Monday that the Russian army has 1.5 million soldiers As of December 1, that is almost 200,000 more than today, the third time it has taken such a decision since the start of the war in Ukraine.
As a result, the Armed Forces will have to 2.38 million soldiersincluding administrative staff, as specified in the decree.
Putin, who launched Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022, is ordering the government to allocate budgetary funds to make the increase effective.
The decree replaces the one the Kremlin leader signed in December 2023, when he increased the number of military personnel by almost 170,000 men.
Moreover, in August 2022, as the Ukrainians began to regain ground, he had already ordered an increase of 137,000 soldiers in the armed forces. Since then, the army has grown from 1.9 million to nearly 2.4 million what you will have from December 1st.
When Putin came to power in 2000 – Russia was embroiled in the Second Chechen War – the Russian army numbered one million soldiers.
The Kremlin, which has some 700,000 troops deployed in Ukraine, has stepped up recruitment of troops in recent weeks due to the incursion of the Ukrainian border into the country. Kursk region.
This Ukrainian operation showed that Russia cannot guarantee the security of its border, protected in many cases by conscripts doing their military service.
To date, Russian troops have not yet managed to expel the Ukrainian soldiers who entered Russian territory on August 6.
