The Russian president will increase the number of troops by 137,00 to reach 1,150,628 soldiers
The Russian President, Vladimir Putinannounced this Thursday a increase in the number of soldiers who make up his Army just when the Ukrainians and their Western allies expect an imminent change in strategy from Russia in the face of the stabilization of the front, especially in the east of the country.
The Russian Army will have as of January 1 1,150,628 soldiers, 137,000 more than nowat a time when Moscow is unable to meet its goal of “liberating” the donbas and break the Ukrainian resistance in the south.
With the presidential decree, next year the staff of the Armed Forces, also made up of civilian personnel, will exceed the dthe millions of peoplealthough little more than half will be soldiers.
lack of soldiers
For a couple of months now, both Ukrainian and Western intelligence have denounced that the Russian Army was suffering from desperate lack of mena problem that is aggravated by the Kremlin’s refusal to declare general mobilization.
This motivated the creation of dozens of patrols of volunteerssome of which have already been deployed in eastern and southern Ukraine, although with little impact on the progress of the Russian offensive.
The fact that the measure does not enter into force until 2023 could mean the recognition that the military campaign will last until next year, since the winter it is a decisive factor in this part of the world, as demonstrated by Napoleon in 1812 and Hitler in 1943-45, whose forces invaded Russia, but were later defeated.
Russian planes at the border
As reported today by the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia has on the border with more than 400 planes and about 360 helicoptersof which 150 assault as the Ka-52.
The threat of a large scale attack on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day Wednesday and the six months of fighting was not consummated, although Russian aviation did carry out almost 200 flights, including with bombers, many of which did not involve the launch of missiles.
The most significant attack carried out by Russia targeted a military column at a train station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which would have caused more than 200 fatalities to the enemy, according to the Defense Ministry. kyiv denounced that the attack was directed against civilians and has caused the death of 25 people, including two children aged 6 and 11.
“terrorist country”
The Ukrainian Defense spokesman, Yrik Sak, commented to Efe that the information from Moscow about 200 Ukrainian soldiers killed was one more “lie” coming from a “terrorist country.”
He added that in these 183 days of fighting, only five out of every 100 targets attacked by the enemy were military, confirming that Russia “is a country that does not know how to fight and instead relies on terror.”
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