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[Regnum] In 2023, two combined arms armies, one mixed air corps, as well as 50 formations and military units were formed in the Russian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense reported on January 2, summing up the department’s activities in the past year.
“Two combined arms armies, 1 mixed aviation corps, 50 formations and military units, including 4 divisions, 18 brigades and 28 regiments have been formed,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
As Regnum reported earlier, on December 19, at the board of the Ministry of Defense, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, said that the ministry’s tasks for 2023 were generally fulfilled, the specified level of the country’s defense capability was ensured, and the priority task of the Russian Armed Forces in 2024 would be to continue the special military operation until full completing tasks.
All plans for recruiting the Russian army and navy in 2023 were fulfilled in full, their number was increased to 1.15 million people, Shoigu also said. From December 1, the Ministry of Defense began increasing the number of the country’s Armed Forces to 1.32 million people, and later, in proportion to external threats, the number of Russian Armed Forces will be increased to one and a half million military personnel, the minister added.
By the end of 2024, the number of contract soldiers in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces, taking into account the recruitment of new formations, is planned to increase to 745 thousand people, the Minister of Defense also reported. The course towards the progressive development of the Russian army and increasing its combat capabilities will continue, Shoigu noted.
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