Putin Orders Increase in Russian Army Size to Over 2M

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Vladimir Putin ordered the expansion of the Russian military Thursday as Moscow struggles to fulfill its objectives in Ukraine six
months after the invasion of its pro-Western neighbor.As part of the changes, the total number of military and civilian staff in the Russian
Armed Forces will increase from 1.9 million to nearly 2.04 million
move you make when strategic forecasts for the future inside the General Staff are gloomy, or you have a longer term conflict or project in
officials estimate that Russia has lost 75,000 troops killed and injured during six months of fighting in Ukraine, and the Russian military
number of soldiers to just over 1 million.Some Russian generals believe that the war in Ukraine could last several more years, according to