the number of people who have made contact since the beginning of the year has reached 357 thousand – Kommersant

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev reported during a meeting on issues of supplementing the Armed Forces, that from January 1 to October 12, 357 thousand people were accepted in the interests of the joint group of troops. According to Dmitry Medvedev, this number includes “those who are in the reserves and, accordingly, entered into a contract, and those who came to serve as volunteers.”

Mr. Medvedev noted that the pace of recruiting contract workers is “not bad.” “I hope that we will be able to maintain them in the future,” he added.

At the end of 2022, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu proposed increasing the size of the armed forces from the current 1.1 million people to 1.5 million, including contract employees – up to 695 thousand people.

On June 13, President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with war correspondents, announced 150 thousand people recruited for contract service since January (together with volunteers – 156 thousand people). At the beginning of August, Dmitry Medvedev said that from January to the end of July, more than 231 thousand people were accepted into contract service. On September 3, Mr. Medvedev called the total number of contract soldiers and volunteers at 280 thousand people. October 3, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu saidthat 335 thousand people signed the contract.

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