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Putin signs decree expanding Russian army to 2.44 million personnel

Original: As expected, Putin has signed today a decree increasing the size of the Russian army at 2,441,630 personnel, including 1

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree increasing the size of the Russian armed forces to 2,441,630 personnel, including 1,550,500 military personnel, effective immediately. The decree replaces all previous decrees on army size and marks the seventh expansion of Russia's manpower levels since the start of the war in Ukraine. Observers note the move continues a steady pattern of force growth through presidential decrees rather than formal mobilization.

Why now: The Kremlin has just formalized another large expansion of Russian military manpower amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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• As expected, Putin has signed today a decree increasing the size of the Russian army at 2,441,630 personnel, including 1,550,500 military personnel, effectively immediately. It replaces all previous decrees in that matter and marks the seventh iteration of Russia's mobilization · Tendar · 4.4K

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