MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the nation’s navy to extend the variety of troops by almost 170,000 to a complete of 1.32 million, as Moscow’s navy motion in Ukraine continues into its twenty second month.
Putin’s decree was launched by the Kremlin on Friday and took power instantly. It brings the general variety of Russian navy personnel to about 2,200,000, together with 1,320,000 troops.
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It’s the second such growth of the military since 2018. The earlier enhance by 137,000 troops, ordered by Putin in Aug. 2022, put the navy’s numbers at about 2 million personnel and about 1,150,000 troops.
The Protection Ministry mentioned the order does not indicate any ”important growth of conscription,” saying in an announcement that the rise would occur step by step by recruiting extra volunteers. The ministry cited what it referred to as ”the particular navy operation” in Ukraine and the growth of NATO as the explanations for beefing up the military.
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NATO’s ”joint armed forces are being constructed up close to Russia’s borders and extra air protection programs and strike weapons are being deployed. The potential of NATO’s tactical nuclear forces is being elevated,” the assertion learn.
Boosting Russian troops is an applicable response to ”the aggressive actions of the NATO bloc,” the ministry mentioned.