news agency Archyde.com reported that Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia A decree was signed on Thursday August 25, 2022 to increase the size of the Russian army from 1.9 million to 2.04 million as the war in Ukraine enters its seventh month.
The increase in size of the army includes an additional 137,000 combat personnel to 1.15 million, which will come into effect on January 1 next year, but did not disclose that. How to add staff? and ordered the government to allocate the budget appropriately
The last time Putin increased the size of the Russian army was in November 2017, increasing its combat personnel to 1.01 million, out of the army’s total personnel of 1.9 million.
Russia has not released the number of soldiers killed in the Ukrainian war since the first week following the invasion. which they stated 1,351 soldiers were killed, however, Western nations estimate that The real figure might be at least 10 times higher, as the Ukrainian side claimed. They have killed at least 45,000 Russian soldiers since the war began on Feb. 24.
The Ukrainian side did not disclose the number of their soldiers who died in the war. until last Monday Ukrainian army leader said Nearly 9,000 army officers have died.