According to the "Moscow Times" on December 2, in order to solve the stalemate on the battlefield in Ukraine as soon as possible, recently, Russia's Vladimir Putin signed a decree in December to increase the number of troops by 15%, and the military said that the move was due to the "threat" related to the Ukrainian offensive.
The move comes as Ukraine and Russia seek to make progress and replenish their forces in the conflict, with little movement on both fronts in recent months.
"Russia must increase the number of its troops, given the growing threat to Russia from the continued expansion of NATO," the Russian army said. ”
According to the Russian army, on the existing basis, the number of active military personnel will increase by about 170,000 people, which is an "adequate" response to the "aggressive activities of the NATO bloc."
In recent months, the Russian army has turned to conscription, promising attractive financial incentives, especially in remote and impoverished Russian areas.
But Kremlin critics say it amounts to a "covert" mobilization and that men are still being drafted sporadically.
In order to maximize the order of the Russian Federation, the Far East is trying to meet the Kremlin's conscription quota.
At the same time, the Russian army has recruited 280,000 soldiers since January of this year.
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former head of the Security Council and chairman, said on Sunday that Moscow had recruited about 280,000 people into the army since the beginning of the year.
Since the spring of this year, the Russian army has led a large-scale propaganda campaign to recruit volunteers, posting massive advertisements on the Internet and on the streets of Russia.
The authorities are also trying to attract future soldiers by promising higher salaries.
In September last year, the Kremlin made a 180-degree turn on its promise not to declare military conscription, announcing a partial call-up to compensate for the loss of 300,000 recruits on the Ukrainian front. But the announcement also sparked another wave of migration from Russia, with hundreds of thousands believed to have fled abroad.
Dmitry Medvedev, who led Russia from 2008 to 2012, has become one of the most hawkish voices in Moscow in support of Putin's Ukrainian offensive.