The increase in the number of Russian Armed Forces to 1150628 people, that is, by almost 140 thousand. , is unlikely to bring significant progress to Russia in Ukraine, UK Defense Department analysts say.

The main reason for the insignificance of these changes in British intelligence is that Russia has already lost tens of thousands of military personnel, is recruiting very few new contract soldiers, and conscripts are not technically required to serve outside of Russian territory..

At the same time, it remains unclear whether Russia will try to increase the number of troops by hiring more volunteer contract soldiers or by increasing annual targets for conscription..

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Last Defense Intelligence update on situation in Ukraine - 28 August 2022Get the UK government's response: https://t. co/WfWw8IS4aT? #StandWithUkraine? pic. twitter. com/Y9UN7RpEbL.

— Ministry of Defense? (@DefenceHQ) August 28, 2022.

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Recall, on August 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on increasing the size of the Russian army to 2.04 million people from January 2023..