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Thumpalumpacus
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Sept 16 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it the second largest in the world after China's.
In a decree published on the Kremlin's website, Putin ordered the overall size of the armed forces to be increased to 2.38 million people, of which he said 1.5 million should be active servicemen.
According to data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a leading military think tank, such an increase would see Russia leapfrog the United States and India in terms of the number of active combat soldiers it has at its disposal and be second only to China in size. The IISS said Beijing has just over 2 million active duty service personnel.
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The Kremlin has said that no new mobilisation is planned for now, however, and that the idea is to continue to rely on volunteers signing up to fight in Ukraine.
Dara Massicot, an expert in the Russian military at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank, questioned whether Moscow was ready to foot the bill for the increase in active servicemen.
"There are ways to staff a standing 1.5 million force but the Kremlin will not like them if they are truly grappling with what that requires," Massicot wrote on X.
In a decree published on the Kremlin's website, Putin ordered the overall size of the armed forces to be increased to 2.38 million people, of which he said 1.5 million should be active servicemen.
According to data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a leading military think tank, such an increase would see Russia leapfrog the United States and India in terms of the number of active combat soldiers it has at its disposal and be second only to China in size. The IISS said Beijing has just over 2 million active duty service personnel.
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The Kremlin has said that no new mobilisation is planned for now, however, and that the idea is to continue to rely on volunteers signing up to fight in Ukraine.
Dara Massicot, an expert in the Russian military at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank, questioned whether Moscow was ready to foot the bill for the increase in active servicemen.
"There are ways to staff a standing 1.5 million force but the Kremlin will not like them if they are truly grappling with what that requires," Massicot wrote on X.
View: https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1835653895734870164?s=61
For those who know Danish
Næste levering af dansk F-16-fly til Ukraine bliver i år | Nyheder | DR
Inden årets udgang får Ukraine næste levering af danske F16-fly. Det oplyser forsvarsminister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) efter et besøg i Ukraine, skriver nyhedsbureauet Ritzau.
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MiTasol
Major
I am surprised we do not see lots of stories of Russian conscripts fragging their officers
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Were reports of conscripts and convicts armed only after being sent to their positions be part of the reason? I vaguely remember videos on it around the time of the assaults on Bahkmut and Vuledar.
SHOIGU!!!!!!
SHOIGU!!!!!!
Admiral Beez
Major
View: https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1835653895734870164?s=61
For those who know Danish
Næste levering af dansk F-16-fly til Ukraine bliver i år | Nyheder | DR
Inden årets udgang får Ukraine næste levering af danske F16-fly. Det oplyser forsvarsminister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) efter et besøg i Ukraine, skriver nyhedsbureauet Ritzau.www.dr.dk
Just avoid shooting down your own F-16s.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Information control is useful.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Blue-on-blue happens in every single war.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
So far, the Russian have shot down enough of their own aircraft in this war, that they may receive an award of acheivement from Zelensky.
Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
The motto of every air defense unit in history -
Si Volat - Moritur
Si Volat - Moritur
Warspite63
Staff Sergeant
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My Latin's pretty crappy ... but good enough to figure that one out
My Latin is microscopic, all I know is Kremlin Delenda Est.My Latin's pretty crappy ... but good enough to figure that one out
Ascent
Senior Airman
My understanding is that they're just about keeping steady with losses at the moment, how do they plan to increase?
Escuadrilla Azul
Master Sergeant
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- Feb 27, 2020
38,000 Russian Troops Committed To Kursk Counteroffensive: Report
Worryingly for Ukraine, there are few signs that the incursion is seeing Russian troops redeployed from the eastern front lines. Worryingly for Ukraine, there are few signs that the incursion is seeing Russian troops redeployed from the eastern front lines.
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Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Good question.
Admiral Beez
Major
True., Though given the F-16's forty-five years of service and countless combat sorties own-goals are seemingly rare.
That's 30,000 Russians who can no longer push towards Pokrovsk. It took a some weeks but it looks like Zelenskyy's Kursk distraction is getting its intended results of forcing Russian redeployments.38,000 Russian Troops Committed To Kursk Counteroffensive: Report
Worryingly for Ukraine, there are few signs that the incursion is seeing Russian troops redeployed from the eastern front lines. Worryingly for Ukraine, there are few signs that the incursion is seeing Russian troops redeployed from the eastern front lines.
