Putin increased the number of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by 170 thousand: in ISW ​​explained the decree of the Kremlin head

The Russian president has signed a decree that provides for an increase in the official number of the army to 2. 209 million. According to analysts, replenishment of combat composition for 170 thousand people is associated with the Kremlin's mobilization efforts and the need to update the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation due to large losses.

The decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin of December 1 is probably the official recognition of the current number of Russian military, not by order to immediately increase the number of Russian military personnel. This was written in its analytical report for December 3 by the American Institute for War Study (ISW). Thus, on December 1, Putin signed a decree on the increase in the official number of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from 2. 039 million to 2.

209 million people, and the total number of Russian combat composition from 1. 15 million to 1. 32 million. "An increase of 170,000 Russian servicemen between the previous decree of Putin of August 25, 2022 and the Decree of December 1, 2023 is probably an official confirmation of a pure increase by 170,000 servicemen between August 25, 2022 and December 1, 2023, not by calling immediately Increase the current number of combat composition by 170 thousand, ”analysts write.

On November 9, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Council of the Russian Federation stated that from January 1, 2023, 410,000 servicemen were recruited in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as volunteers and conscripts, and on December 1, he later had recruited more than 452,000 servicemen.

"Mobilization efforts (such as recruitment of volunteers and coercion of migrants before joining the Russian army, partial mobilization, the number of Russian staff that completes military service, and the loss of Russians in Ukraine probably explain the pure increase in combat composition by 170,000 people between August 25 2022" , - reports ISW.