Putin expands armed forces by 170,000 additional troops
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3 min readRussian President Vladimir Putin mandates an increase in the overall number of individuals serving in the Russian Armed Forces to 2,209,130, with 1,320,000 designated as servicemen.
This photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairing a Security Council meeting via a video link in Moscow on October 20, 2023. (AFP)
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