This is last year's report: can Russia really increase its army to 1.5 million people?

Russia plans to increase its army to 1.5 million personnel. But the most interesting thing is that the occupiers set the same plans for themselves at the end of 2022.

About this 24 Channel was told by a military expert, reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and instructor pilot Roman Svitan, noting that last year the same figure of 1.5 million personnel appeared. Now they are talking about it again.

Russia has a constant shortage

As Svitan noted, if the occupiers’ losses in the war in Ukraine amount to 100 thousand in killed alone, then they have a constant shortage. They are trying to strengthen their army, but many simply die on the battlefield in a short period of time.

Despite this, the Kremlin will task the occupiers as if they really have 1, 5 million personnel. This can provoke even greater losses among people and military equipment.

It is also obvious that Putin may try to “stir up” something in European countries in the coming years. This may well happen in the Baltic countries, Moldova or the Balkans. It should be remembered that the territory where there is a large number of Russians is under threat.

Therefore, catch the Russians and deport them. Or force them to hand over their Russian passports. Otherwise, a war will begin, like we had ten years ago. Hybrid war. Russians with passports will begin to say that these are their “ancestral lands.” Europe needs to be very intolerant of Russian dominance,” Svitan emphasized.

Russian army: briefly

• Recently, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu boasted that in 2023 the Russian army had been increased to 1 million 150 thousand personnel. Next, they want everything to grow to 1.5 million military personnel.
• Interestingly, the numbers about 1.5 million personnel were actually voiced back at the end of 2022. Here we must not forget about losses.
• Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has lost more than 349 thousand personnel. Also, the Ukrainian military destroyed 5814 tanks, 10794 armored combat vehicles, 8206 artillery systems, 928 MLRS, etc.