On 17 January, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced a number of changes to the military forces, including an expansion from 1.15 million personnel to 1.5 million. It was already known that the number of personnel would be increased to 1.35 million.
– Shoigu’s plans signal that Russian leaders very likely consider that there will be an increased conventional military threat for many years, even after the current war in Ukraine is over, writes the British Ministry of Defense in its daily update.
However, they believe that the Russians will probably have problems in getting enough people and equipment for the planned expansion.
