Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active service members in a move that would make it the second largest in the world ...

Sept 16 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it ...

Putin orders Russian army to expand by 180,000 soldiers to become 1.5 million-strong. Posted: September 17, 2024 | Last updated: January 17, 2025 ...

Vladimir Putin wants to expand the Russian army by 180,000 soldiers, according to reports from The Associated Press news agency. In this way, the Russian army would consist of 1.5 million soldiers.

Russia is expanding the scope of a nationwide military draft to conscript men between the ages of 18 and 27 amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. ... Putin expands military draft, ...

Vladimir Putin vowed there would be no limits to Russian military spending as he approved a massive increase to the size of the army. In a televised meeting with the country’s top brass on ...

Meanwhile, Putin Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has announced he will implement “large-scale military reforms” aimed at expanding Russia’s standing army by about 200,000 troops, from 1.35 ...

The fears are further exacerbated by Putin’s call to expand Russia’s military ranks to as many as 1.5 million troops, up from around 1 million before the Ukraine invasion. 4.

Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, and Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, are expected to promise today to have ...

Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the Russian military to expand to 1.5 million active troops, which would make it the second largest army in the world behind China.

Putin Orders Russian Army to Become Second Largest After China's at 1.5 Million-Strong By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army ...

Russia’s former president claimed NATO’s newest members are potential targets for revenge strikes using nuclear weapons in the event of war — as the Kremlin expands its military bases along ...