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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a third increase in the size of his army amid the war with Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an additional 180,000 military recruits to reach 1.5 million active soldiers. After the implementation of this order, Russia will have the second largest army in the world after China.
This order will be implemented by December
According to information on Russia's official website, the order will be implemented by December this year and the total number of the armed forces will increase to 2.38 million. Putin issued a similar order in December 2023, increasing the total strength of the Russian army to over 2.2 million, including 1.3 million soldiers.
Russia has the second largest army in the world
After the increase, Russia will have more active troops than the US and India combined, making its army the second largest after China, according to data from military think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). China has more than 2 million active troops, according to IISS.
ordered to increase the number of troops
This is the third order since the Ukraine war began nearly three years ago, where Putin has talked about increasing the size of the army. This order has come at a time when the war is at its peak and the Russian army is advancing in eastern Ukraine and trying to pull back the Ukrainian army from Russia's Kursk region.