The Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin dated 08/25/22 and numbered 575 on increasing the number of domestic armed forces entered into force. It has been reported RIA News.
Now the level of personnel should reach 2,039,758 people, military personnel – 1,150,628.
In connection with this, it is planned to allocate budgetary appropriations from the federal budget to the military department.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that in order to guarantee the fulfillment of security duties, the state should increase the total number of the RF Armed Forces to 1.5 million, and the number of contracted soldiers to 695,000.
Earlier, Putin awarded the military for courage and heroism during the special military operation of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. The commander of the Russian troops in the special operations area presented the Order of St. George, third degree, to Army General Sergei Surovikin.
It was also reported that the autumn draft began in Russia on November 1, and 120 thousand people were sent to the troops in two months. More details – in the material “socialbites.ca”.