Putin signed an order to expand the army, 2.21 million Russian troops are ready to go, and the end of Ukraine is comingJust in recent days, Russia's Putin has signed a new decree.
In this decree, the number of Russian armed forces will be increased by 15%, you must know that the number of the Russian armed forces has now reached 1.87 million, and if you add 15%, the total number of the armed forces will reach a terrible 2.21 million, of which 1.32 million are active military personnel.
Putin announced an increase in the number of armed forces at this time, apparently for the needs of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and the number of active Russian military personnel has reached 1.32 million, so how many are the number of Ukrainian troops?
There are two sets of data on the number of Ukrainian troops on the Internet, one is revealed on November 12, 2023, by the former spokesman of the General Staff of the Ukrainian army, Vladislav Seleznyov, according to whom he said that the total number of Ukrainian troops exceeds 1.3 million.
Although Seleznyov is a high-ranking figure in the Ukrainian army, the outside world is not convinced by the total population of the army.
According to official statistics from the World Bank, the total number of Ukrainian troops in 2019 was only 311,000 people. Military Expert**:Even if Ukraine has carried out a major military expansion in the past two years, the total number of Ukrainian troops will not exceed 600,000.
Moreover, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict for more than a year has led to the ** of 300,000 Ukrainian troops, which means that the number of troops that the Ukrainian army can fight now is only more than 300,000.
The World Bank's statistics** are generally convincing.
Now on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, part of the troops resisting the Russian army are Ukrainian regular troops, and the other part is considered Western mercenaries.
It is worth noting that the recruitment notice issued by the Russian Ministry of Defense this time is mainly based on contract soldiers, which means that the increase of about 170,000 soldiers this time is all soldiers who go to the front line to fight, and some military civilian personnel have not increased.
Obviously, Putin has long realized that there is little hope of ending the Russian-Ukrainian war in the short term, and he must continue to expand his military to face the threat of continued NATO expansion.
Today, both Russia and Putin are facing a lot of pressure, on the one hand, the war in Ukraine is not over, and the aid from the United States and the West is still flowing to the front line in Ukraine, even if the Russian army can defeat 300,000 Ukrainian troops, Western mercenaries are still an obstacle to Russia's victory over Kyiv.
On the other hand, Finland has now joined NATO, and as a neighbor of Russia's north, Suran's "mutiny" will undoubtedly bring tremendous pressure to Russia's north.
At present, Russia has more than 1.3 million fighters, while Ukraine has only 300,000, and if you look at the number of soldiers alone, Russia does have a huge advantage. But don't forget, now that the Russian army has hit the territory of Ukraine, the Russian army has occupied Kherson, Zaporozhye, **Mut and other towns that originally belonged to Ukraine.
Most of the residents of these towns still yearn for Ukraine, and Russia must increase its military strength enough to deter possible mass uprisings in these cities.
Russia's front is long and complex, and in order to consolidate the current war results, Russia needs to continue to invest troops, which Putin has long been aware of, so in January and summer this year, Putin issued two conscription and mobilization orders.
In the face of Putin's recruitment order, the Ukrainian side is not panicking, because winter is coming soon, and there is a high probability that the Russian army will not carry out a large-scale offensive at the end of this year, and Ukraine only needs to do a good job of active defense now.
In the spring of next year, in the face of Russia's iron bucket-like front, Ukraine only needs to concentrate its forces and concentrate on a certain point to break through. Under the influence of the war factor, Zelensky does not need to worry ***
And 2024 is Russia's first year, and Putin is now desperately hoping that the Russian army can fight a beautiful battle on the front line and build momentum for him!