Originally Posted by
Beamr
Rossiskaja Gazeta: Putin signed a decree to increase the RuAF staff by 137000 to 1,15 million people.
Coming to effect Jan 1st 2023. To put this into context: They are intending to increase the amount of their armed forces personnel by 14% in four months. Quite a leap considering they haven't been able to replace the approx 80-100k KIA/WIA/MIA in Ukraine, meaning they are already minus 8-10%.
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/news/2022...18408992.shtml
Paper soldiers and their wages pocketed by others in the food chain..