MDefense Minister Shoigu announced changes in the number of military personnel during 2023-2026. Changes in the composition of the armed forces, including an increase in the number of military personnel to 1.5 million, will be carried out in 2023-2026. Shoigu instructed to create two military districts and strengthen the combat component of the Navy, VKS and RVSN
The increase in the number of the Russian Armed Forces will be carried out during 2023-2026, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with his deputies, commanders-in-chief of the types of troops and commanders. This follows from the message of the Ministry of Defense.
“Large-scale changes in the composition of the armed forces, an increase in their number, a change in the military-administrative division of the Russian Federation, which will be carried out during 2023–2026, will require <...> making appropriate competent decisions», — the agency said in a statement.
Together with the increase in the number of armed forces , it is planned:
- create two new interspecific strategic territorial associations – Moscow and Leningrad military districts;
- form an army corps in Karelia;
- transform seven brigades into motorized rifle divisions;
- strengthen the combat component of the Navy, VKS and RVSN.
Shoigu at the end of December proposed to increase the number of the armed forces to 1.5 million, explaining this by the need for “guaranteed solutions to the tasks of ensuring the military security of the Russian Federation”. This number will include 695 thousand contractors, and by the end of the year their number should be increased to 521 thousand people, taking into account the replacement of mobilized citizens in the groups of troops and the recruitment of new formations.
In addition, the head of the Ministry of Defense proposed to increase the age of conscription from 18 to 21 years, and the upper threshold to 30 years, and to carry out the transition to the new system in stages. His initiative was conceptually supported by President Vladimir Putin.
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In August, Putin signed a decree according to which the full-time strength of the armed forces is set at 2,039,758 units, of which 1,150,628 are military personnel. The number of the latter has grown by 137 thousand people. On January 1, the document entered into force.
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Sergey Shoigu
politician, Minister of Defense of Russia
May 21, 1955
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