The dictator of the aggressor state of the russian federation, vladimir putin, has increased the authorized strength of russia’s armed forces for the fifth time since the start of the war.
According to the signed decree, the total strength of the army has been set at 2,399,130 personnel, of whom 1.51 million are active-duty service members.
The document, published on the official legal information portal, also states that the russian government has been instructed to allocate the necessary budgetary funds from the federal budget to the Ministry of Defense.
Prior to this, putin had increased the authorized strength of the russian Armed Forces in March to 2,391,770 personnel, of whom 1.5 million are active-duty service members. In September 2024, putin increased the size of the armed forces to 2,389,130 personnel, including 1.5 million military personnel.
Prior to that, in December 2023, the total was 2,209,130 personnel (1,320,000 military personnel), and in August 2022, six months after the war began, to 2,039,758 people, of whom 1,150,628 were military personnel.
Before the war, a 2017 decree was in effect in russia, under which the authorized strength of the russian armed forces was 1,902,758 people, including 1,013,628 military personnel.
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