According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Moscow “plans to deploy 300,000 additional troops to Ukraine after finalizing a massive military training program,” reports the Russian opposition daily Novaya Gazeta, quoting an article from the ministry's official journal.
A reinforcement of several hundred thousand soldiers which is the consequence of the numerous calls for enlistment issued by the authorities since the start of the war in Ukraine. “Since the mass appeal of September 2022, which saw up to 300,000 soldiers enlisted in the Russian army, Russia has relied on both professional soldiers and volunteers to reinforce its troops in Ukraine ”, contextualizes the newspaper exiled in Latvia.
In September 2022, the Kremlin passed a law decreeing a “partial mobilization”, some 300,000 additional conscripts were then called up. It is these men, who are completing their training, who should begin to be deployed to the Ukrainian theater.
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