Russian Army to Add 180,000 Soldiers, 1 Year Ahead of Schedule

Published on September 16, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian army to grow by 180,000 troops for a total force of 1.5 million soldiers. The order, which was published in a decree on the Kremlin’s website, will take effect on Dec. 1 and appears to show Moscow speeding up its plans to increase the size of its military. In January 2023, then-Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced plans to increase the number of troops to 1.5 million by 2026. But in May this year, Putin appointed Shoigu, 69, as secretary of the Security Council and named Andrei Belousov, 65, as defense minister. In June, Putin said about 700,000 Russian troops were involved in the conflict in Ukraine....

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