16 minutes agoShoigu proposes expanding the army: Armed Forces Must Grow to 1.5 million Soldiers
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has called for the country's military to expand from the current 1 million military to 1.5 million, amid fighting in Ukraine. Speaking at a year-long conference with Russian military chiefs and President Vladimir Putin, he said the number should include 695 thousand volunteer soldiers [...]
Speaking at a year-long conference with Russia's military chiefs and President Vladimir Putin, he said the number should include 695 thousand volunteers under contract.
Shoigu also proposed increasing the age range for Russian mandatory military service to cover Russian citizens aged 21-30.
Under current law, Russians aged 18-27 could be called up for mandatory military service, although Shoigu and Putin have repeatedly said such recruits are not being sent to fight in Ukraine, writes The Guardian.
Russia was accelerating the deployment of modern arms supplies to the military, he said, adding that Moscow troops would form new units west of the country in the operation of Finland and Sweden's plans to join the NATO alliance.
