Putin wants to bolster Russia's armed forces to 1.5million

[rayg]

Vladimir Putin wants to bolster Russia's armed forces to 1.5million combat personnel

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that adding to the country's 1.15million servicemen and women would "guarantee the solving of problems related to Russia's military security"

Putin has already finalised similar plans after signing a decree in the summer to increase numbers by 137,000 before the start of 2023, up to 1.15million.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putin-wants-bolster-russias-28792678

[Allen]

I know Russia has a vast population but from what I've read he's running out of "elite" soldiers and having to recruit young and old men now along with emptying his prisons. Many of those serving now are turning against him because they don't agree with the war effort. Being starved isn't helping either.

I wonder where these next 1.5 million will come from. High school? And how loyal will they be to Pootin?

[bruce]

As of about 2022 ... Russia = 144,713,314 total population.
That is a whole lot less than the conscripts that stalin threw into the meat grinder to save his skin.
Fact is, putin simply doesn't have the raw man power at his command that was available to his WWII mass murder predecessor. Sincerely. bruce.

[dryheat]

A hundred and forty five million (or less due to casualties). That surprised me. I know a lot of it is wasteland. That's less than half of the U.S. and we're growing like crazy. I guess I will see 400 million in my life time.

[Allen]

Well, this may be where 13,000 of them are coming from.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...CTV-shows.html