Russia forms construction engineering troops, total armed forces personnel increases to over 2.42 million.
Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, July 27 - Russian President Putin signed an order on the 27th to establish several military construction engineering units and increase the total number of personnel in the Russian Armed Forces to over 2.42 million. This new order will take effect on August 1.
According to information from the Russian presidential website and legal information website, Putin signed a presidential decree on the same day to establish several military construction engineering units, amending the presidential decree from June 12 to change the total number of personnel in the Russian Armed Forces to over 2.42 million, which includes 1.535 million active-duty military personnel.
This means that the total number of personnel in the Russian Armed Forces will increase by 27,000, with an increase of 25,000 active-duty military personnel. According to reports from several media outlets, including TASS and Russia Today, the presidential decree from June 12 stipulated that the total number of personnel in the Russian Armed Forces was over 2.39 million, including 1.51 million active-duty military personnel.
President Putin signed an order to establish military construction engineering units, increasing the total personnel of the Russian Armed Forces to over 2.42 million, including 1.535 million active military personnel. This order will take effect on August 1, resulting in an increase of 25,000 active personnel from the previous total of 239,000. The changes were announced in Moscow on July 27.
- President Putin signed an order to form military construction engineering units.
- Total personnel in the Russian Armed Forces will increase to over 2.42 million.
- Active military personnel will increase by 25,000 to 1.535 million.
- The new order modifies a previous order from June 12.
- The changes will take effect on August 1.