Putin increases Russian troops by 170000
Foreign media reported on the 1st (local time) that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree to increase troops by 170,000. If this is realized, Russia will have a 15% increase in its military from 1.15 million to 1.32 million.
In a statement, the Ministry of National Defense stated that the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine and the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were the background to this troop increase, but added, “The troop increase does not mean a large-scale expansion of conscription.” He explained that he would push forward with the expansion plan by gradually increasing the number of volunteers.
In August last year, President Putin signed a presidential decree to increase troops by 137,000, increasing the size of troops from 1.01 million to 1.15 million, and the following month, he issued a partial mobilization order to conscript 300,000 reservists for the first time since World War II. It is in a state of being placed. The upper age limit for mandatory military service was also raised from 27 to 30.
In addition, a wide-ranging mobilization campaign is underway throughout Russia, promising cash bonuses upon enlistment and contacting students and unemployed people in collaboration with universities and social welfare institutions. Some human rights groups claimed that there were cases where people were promised amnesty in exchange for military service.
Russia has been focusing on defense after losing much of its occupied territory to Ukraine since last summer. Recently, there is an analysis that although Ukraine’s counteroffensive operations have slowed down, it lacks the capacity to launch additional offensives. Russia does not disclose the number of casualties, but last month, the British Ministry of Defense estimated the number of Russian military deaths and permanent injuries during this war to be between 150,000 and 190,000.
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Russian anti-government media reported that the number of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine was about 47,000, which is more than three times the number killed in the 1979-1989 Afghanistan war.
“We need to go back to the days when large families were the norm. Our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had 7 to 8 children, or even more. Let us preserve and revive this special tradition. Large families should be the norm in all aspects of Russian life. The family is not only the foundation of nation and society, but also a spiritual wonder and source of morality. Preserving and increasing Russia’s population is our goal for the next decade and generations to come. “This is the future of the Russian world, the eternal Russia of over 1,000 years.”
The war in Ukraine created an estimated 900,000 refugees and led to the conscription of 300,000 Russians, deepening Russia’s labor shortage. President Putin, who is responsible for this, is forcing women to have more children. This is the face of a dictator.
Since he came to power 24 years ago, Putin has repeatedly offered various incentives to boost birth rates, but he has had little impact. According to Rosstat, the Russian statistical office, the population of Russia as of January 1 was 146,447,424, a decrease from when Putin first took office, Le Monde reported. “Russia has a shortage of workers,” Alexey Raksha, a demographer who previously worked here, told AFP in an interview in February. “This is a long-standing problem, made worse by factors such as conscription and mass emigration.”
Radio Free Europe reported in 2002 that some Russians claimed that the government promised them economic help, such as land grants, if they had large families, but did not keep the promise.
