Putin orders fourth expansion of Russia’s armed forces this year
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree authorizing 15,500 additional positions in Russia’s armed forces, raising the authorized total to 2,441,630. The total includes 1,550,500 service members. The decree took effect on September 28, the day Putin signed it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a fourth expansion of Russia’s armed forces this year, authorizing an additional 15,500 positions and bringing the authorized total to 2,441,630. This increase, effective September 28, marks the fourth rise in the military’s authorized strength within a seven-month period, following three other expansions in March, June, and July.
The cumulative effect of these four increases amounts to 52,500 positions, with 50,500 allocated for service members. In the first four years of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Putin had only raised the military’s authorized strength three times.
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