Russia’s armed forces set to total 1.32 million after latest increase amid the continued invasion of Ukraine

Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its 22nd month.

Putin’s decree was released by the Kremlin on Friday and took force immediately. It brings the overall number of Russian military personnel to about 2.2 million, including 1.32 million troops.

It is the second such expansion of the army since 2018. The previous boost by 137,000 troops, ordered by Putin in August 2022, put the military’s numbers at about 2 million personnel and about 1.15 million troops.

  • HuddaBudda@kbin.social
    35·
    1 year ago

    . The authorities insist that those conscripted for mandatory service are not being deployed to Ukraine.

    Sure… and Micky mouse is my uncle.

    While Putin said there was no need to round up more, his mobilization decree is open-ended, allowing the military to call up additional reservists when needed. That decree also banned volunteer soldiers from ending their contracts.

    You can stay if you like, but you can never leave.

  • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    1 year ago

    Why do I get this funny feeling that that’s just the number of extra personnel they need to guard all the major railroads…?

    • rammer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Nah, they still have a few tens of thousands of men in reserve. At this rate it’ll be a few more years. They’ll run out of modern tanks and air defence before they run out of men.

  • theodewere@kbin.social
    91·
    1 year ago

    Putin needs to see more Russian corpses in Ukraine… Russian lives are worthless, might as well go die in a ditch in Ukraine for Vlad…

    • monk@lemmy.unboiled.infoEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Why mangle the citation when you can quote directly? “Some people, are they even living or not living? It’s unclear. And how they die, from vodka or something else, it’s also unclear”.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its 22nd month.

    The defence ministry said the order doesn’t imply any “significant expansion of conscription”, saying in a statement that the increase would happen gradually by recruiting more volunteers.

    The Kremlin previously considered the size of its military as sufficient, but the calculus changed after hopes for a quick victory over its neighbour were shattered by fierce Ukrainian resistance.

    All across Russia’s vast territory, a campaign to entice more men to enlist has been under way for months, with advertisements promise cash bonuses, recruiters making cold calls to eligible men and enlistment offices working with universities and social service agencies to lure students and the unemployed.

    Some media reports and rights groups say the Russian authorities also offer amnesty to prisoners in exchange for a tour of military duty.

    All Russian men aged 18 to 27 must serve one year in the military, but a large share avoid the draft for health reasons or deferments granted to university students.

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  • netburnr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    1 year ago

    Edit, not a duplicate just the different news sites reusing the same image