Troubling words were spoken during a meeting between Vladimir Putin and the recently elected heads of Russia's federal units.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivered during his farewell speech in Brussels on Thursday. Stoltenberg spoke about the 'bad news,' stating that allies' 2 percent GDP spending on defence was 'no ...

In August 2022, Putin ordered an increase of 137,000 troops by the start of the new year, which put the military’s staffing at just over 2 million personnel, including 1.15 million troops.

Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian army to increase its troop size by 180,000. The increase would make Russia's army the second largest in the world, behind only China's. Experts told BI the ...

In December 2023, Putin ordered another official expansion of 170,000 active troops, bringing the total to 1.32 million. The latest expansion comes as the battle with Ukraine intensifies.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000 to a total of 1.5 million, as Moscow’s military action in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000, the third time he has expanded its ranks since launching his invasion of Ukraine ...

Putin has raised staffing levels of the Russian army by 180,000 personnel. In December 2023, he had previously increased the staffing level to 2,209,130, with 1,329,000 being military personnel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000 to a total of 1.5 million, as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine drags on ...

In a tactic borrowed from Vladimir Putin’s playbook, Ukraine has started releasing prisoners for service on the front lines. The first law of its kind in Ukraine made thousands of convicts ...

David Lammy has called Vladimir Putin a “fascist” and said that the West must ignore his threats to use nuclear weapons. The Foreign Secretary said the West should not be bullied by Putin’s ...