Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new decree increasing the personnel count of the Russian military. According to the decree published on the official legal portal, the total personnel of the Russian Armed Forces is set at 2,426,130.
Of this number, 1,535,000 are military personnel. The new regulation will take effect from August 1.
With the decree, the total personnel of the Russian military has increased by 27,000. Of this increase, 25,000 are directly military personnel.
Putin had previously increased the military's personnel to 2,399,130, including 1,510,000 military personnel, with a similar decree. At the end of last year, he stated that more than 700,000 Russian soldiers were in the war in Ukraine. The Russian military also has contract and volunteer soldiers serving on the Ukrainian front.