Vladimir Putin, as reported by the press agencies, ordered the collection of 160,000 men aged 18–30, the largest number of recruits in Russia since 2011. This decision is part of efforts to increase the army's numbers.
Putin announced a immense draft for the military
The spring draft was announced respective months after Putin announced the expansion of the armed forces to nearly 2.39 million (including 1.5 million active soldiers).
This plan foresees an army increase of 180,000 troops over the next 3 years. Vice Admiral Vladimir Cymlanski assured that the recently appointed would not be sent to Ukraine under the alleged peculiar military operation conducted by Russia. That's what the Russians say to war in Ukraine.
– I take it both ways. On the 1 hand, as a natural, average information. It stems from the pursuit of a state of 1 and a half million soldiers of the Russian army – he assessed this movement in the program "Tlit" WP manager of the Polish Military Museum Gen. Prof. Bogusław Pacek.
According to the latest estimates published in December by the UK authorities, which are in line with the data of the Armed Forces General Staff of Ukraine, Russia has lost over 768,000 soldiers since the start of the war.
This figure includes both the dead and the wounded, as well as those who have been taken prisoner or declared missing. These estimates item the immense losses suffered by Russian armed forces as a consequence of the ongoing conflict.
So Moscow sees a possible war truce
"Kreml is increasingly determined to submit to Ukraine, forcing a change in power in this country, as Moscow's military efforts are becoming weaker," The Moscow Times late learned from 5 different sources.
As noted by interviewers of the portal, "the longer Russia will drag peace talks on Ukraine, the more it risks losing US president Donald Trump's favour and wasting a crucial chance to make a bigger deal with Washington".
The Kremlin presently foresees 2 possible scenarios for achieving its objectives. "The first of these is Kiev's capitulation, which led to a change in power and restructuring of the Ukrainian state under the influence of Russia, which in practice meant a transformation of the country into a satellite state resembling Belarus" – says The Moscow Times.
"Second, a more modest solution would have meant Russia to strengthen control of the 4 occupied regions of Ukraine while at the same time limiting the political and military independency of Ukraine," journalists learned.
