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As was expected by many Western national security analysts, after the re-election the Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered to increase the number of troops in the Russian military forces. His defense minister Shoigu announced this presidential decree before the generals today. (Watch the video fragment.)
In particular, Russia will create 2 new ground armies (more than 80,000 total) and 30 additional military formations, including 16 brigades (from 32,000 to 128,000 troops total) and 14 divisions (from 128,000 to 560,000 total). Simple calculations show that the proposed boost in "cannon fodder" is a minimum of 240,000 and a maximum of 768,000.
Last year, the Ukrainian military intelligence warned that the expected number of the post-election Russian mobilization would be about 500,000. That's why former Commander-in-Chief General Valeriy Zaluzhny alarmed Volodymyr Zelensky's government about the urgent need to conscript at least 400,000 new Ukrainian soldiers to get ready.
Unfortunately, General Zaluzhny was discharged. The Ukrainian Parliament is still struggling with 4,000+ amendments to the new mobilization law which is nowhere near being adopted. So, new battle-ready Ukrainian recruits might not come to the theater in time. Instead, Kyiv sends signals to Europe about the possible deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine.