Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on the 27th deciding to set up several military construction engineering forces and increase the total number of Russian armed forces to more than 2.42 million people. The new order will take effect on August 1. According to information from the Russian President's website and legal information website, Putin signed a presidential decree on the same day to amend the June 12 presidential decree to set up several military construction engineering forces and change the total number of Russian armed forces to more than 2.42 million, including 1,535,000 active military personnel. This means that the total number of Russian armed forces will increase by 27,000, of which the number of active military personnel will increase by 25,000. According to various media reports such as TASS and Russian News Agency today, the presidential decree of June 12 stipulates that the total number of Russian armed forces personnel is more than 2.39 million, including 1.51 million active military personnel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on the 27th deciding to set up several military construction engineering forces and increase the total number of Russian armed forces to more than 2.42 million people. The new order will take effect on August 1. According to information from the Russian President's website and legal information website, Putin signed a presidential decree on the same day to amend the June 12 presidential decree to set up several military construction engineering forces and change the total number of Russian armed forces to more than 2.42 million, including 1,535,000 active military personnel. This means that the total number of Russian armed forces will increase by 27,000, of which the number of active military personnel will increase by 25,000. According to various media reports such as TASS and Russian News Agency today, the presidential decree of June 12 stipulates that the total number of Russian armed forces personnel is more than 2.39 million, including 1.51 million active military personnel.