Since the beginning of the war against Ukraine, Russia has lost 80,000 of its military killed and wounded.. That is why President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to increase the size of the occupying army by 137,000 soldiers, they write in the NYT.

They note that this decision only once again confirms how acute the problems of the occupying army in this war are.. It is, moreover, not only about losses, but also about the lack of progress at the front, some analysts say..

But Putin's decision sends another important signal - even after six months of full-scale war, he is not going to back down..

" That's what you do when you make some kind of protracted conflict plan,"

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Recall that Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to increase the size of the Russian army to 2.04 million people. The dictator signed the corresponding decree on August 25, it will come into force in 2023..

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has already reacted to this decision. They noted that in order to comply with the decree, the Russian Federation must now purchase 2 million body bags. And in the US State Department they declared their confidence that the Russian Federation, even under such conditions, would not be able to conquer our country, since it had already failed.