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according to a report by ria novosti, according to a news release on the kremlin website on the 16th, russian president vladimir putin signed a presidential decree on the same day, increasing the number of soldiers in the russian armed forces by 180,000 from december 1 this year, bringing the total to 1.5 million. according to reports, according to the presidential decree, the russian armed forces will have a staff of 2,389,130 ​​people, including 1.5 million soldiers, and the presidential decree will take effect on december 1 this year. on december 1 last year, putin signed a presidential decree stipulating that the russian armed forces will have a staff of 2,209,130 ​​people, including 1.32 million soldiers.

according to reports, in response to russia's expansion of its military, russian presidential press secretary peskov said on the 17th that this move was due to "a large number of threats" around russia's borders, which was caused by the "extremely hostile situation" on russia's western border and "instability" on its eastern border, and russia "needs to take corresponding measures" in response.

this is the third time that the russian army has increased the number of soldiers in the armed forces since the outbreak of the russian-ukrainian conflict. the russian news website "news.ru" said on the 16th that previously, in august 2022 and december 2023, putin signed presidential decrees to increase the number of soldiers in the russian armed forces by 137,000 and 170,000 respectively, bringing the total to 1.15 million and 1.32 million respectively. the report said that this expansion of the russian army does not mean that russia will carry out a new round of mobilization, but is a normal measure taken in accordance with relevant plans and procedures.

according to the russian parliamentary newspaper website on the 16th, kartapolov, chairman of the defense committee of the russian state duma (lower house of parliament), said that the increase in the number of soldiers will enable the russian army to respond to growing external threats more effectively and efficiently. for example, russia needs to ensure the security of its western borders through newly formed troops. finland, which borders russia's northwest, has joined nato. the russian army will increase the number of soldiers in stages according to relevant development plans, the current international situation and the actions of external forces.

reuters said on the 16th that this move will make the russian army the second largest army in the world in terms of size. although the russian population is more than three times that of ukraine, the russian army, like the ukrainian army, has been suffering heavy losses on the battlefield, and there is no sign that the war will end soon. according to reports, the russian army is currently advancing in parts of the vast front line in eastern ukraine and trying to drive the ukrainian army out of russia's kursk oblast. the russian ministry of defense said on the 16th that the russian army controlled two settlements in kursk oblast.