Thus, the Russian army should have 1.5 million servicemen.
Putin ordered to increase the size of the Russian army Russia Vladimir Putin ordered to increase the size of the country's armed forces by 180 thousand people.
CNN reports this, citing a document published by the Kremlin.
Thus, the total number of Russian military personnel will reach almost 2.4 million people. Of these, 1.5 million people are directly military personnel.
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It is noted that the new staffing table will come into force in December.
This is already the third increase in the number of Russian troops since the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.