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Dec. 2 (UPI) — In a bold move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an executive order increasing the number of armed forces personnel by 170,000, citing the war in Ukraine and “NATO expansion.”
Putin ordered that the staffing levels of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation be increased to a total of 2.2 million people, including 1.32 million military personnel,” the president’s office said in a press release issued Friday.
This translates to a significant increase in military personnel of 170,000, representing a 15% hike, officials said.
Putin’s office said that the government has been ordered to provide the Ministry of Defense with “appropriate funding from the federal budget” to cover this significant increase in personnel.
The defense ministry stressed that the increase was necessary due to “the ongoing expansion of NATO” and the ongoing fighting in Ukraine, adding that it doesn’t represent a “significant” new mobilization in the Russian military and associated bodies.
In addition to this increase in personnel, Putin ordered a “partial mobilization” of civilians in September 2022 following a series of battlefield defeats in Ukraine. The defense ministry, however, has tried to distance Friday’s move from any potential draft of civilians.
“There are no plans to significantly increase the conscription of citizens for compulsory military service. There is no provision for mobilization,” officials said in Telegram post Saturday.