Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree ordering the expansion of his country’s armed forces to upwards of two million. In accordance with the decree, the military will expand by ...

Vladimir Putin doesn't simply want Ukraine. He wants to assert dominance in the international system and undermine America's ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000, to a total of 1.32 million.

Vladimir Putin has ordered the expansion of the Russian military to by 137,000 troops starting in 2023. Putin did not detail how this would be achieved in the new decree signed Thursday.

President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday ordered a sharp increase in the size of his armed forces, a reversal of years of efforts by the Kremlin to slim down a bloated military and the latest sign ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s military to expand to 1.5 million active troops, bringing the total military personnel to nearly 2.4 million, according to a decree dated ...

Putin Launches Largest Military Draft in Years Despite Ceasefire Talks. Published Apr 01, 2025 at 11:50 AM EDT Updated Apr 01, 2025 at 10:01 PM EDT. By .

Russia is expanding the scope of a nationwide military draft to conscript men between the ages of 18 and 27 amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The move is likely to trigger social unrest inside ...

Moscow is "burning the candle at both ends" by loosening monetary policy to prop up growth and expanding wartime spending, ...

A new law allows Putin to draft Russians via an online portal — even if they don't have an account. It 'brings the digital Gulag much, much closer,' critics say ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a major buildup of his country’s military forces Thursday in an apparent effort to replenish troops that have suffered heavy losses in ...

It marks Putin’s third official expansion of ... In August 2022, Putin ordered the military to expand by the start of the next year, adding 137,000 troops, bringing the total to 1.15 million.