Russia Is About To Draft 300,000 New Troops. It Won’t Be Able To Train Them.



Russia will mobilize 300,000 men in an effort to make good its losses in Ukraine and expand the army, Pres. Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday.



That’s a smaller mobilization than some analysts expected. But it’s no more likely to make a difference in Ukraine.

The Kremlin will only draft "those who served in the armed forces and have certain military specialties,” Putin said. Students, single fathers and federal legislators are exempt.

The goal, according to Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, is to grow the Russian army from its current authorized strength of 900,000 troops to 1.4 million, starting next year.

Putin’s announcement touched a nerve in a civilian population that, so far, has been insulated against the worst effects of Russia’s seven-month-old wider war in Ukraine.



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