Putin orders military to recruit 137,000 soldiers in massive expansion

Putin orders military to recruit 137,000 soldiers in massive expansion

Putin’s decree made no mention of how the expansion is to be achieved (Picture: Getty/EPA)
Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to beef up the size of the country’s armed forces by 137,000 amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
His decree, issued on Thursday, did not explain whether the increase will be achieved by drafting a more conscripts, boosting the number of volunteer soldiers or…

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