Putin orders military to enhance troop numbers by 180,000 to 1.5 million as Ukraine combating continues
MOSCOW (AP)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday bought the nation's military to increase its variety of soldiers by 180,000 to an overall of 1.5 million, as Moscow's military action in Ukraine drags out for more than 2 1/2 years.Putin's decree, released on the main federal government site, will work Dec. 1. It sets the total variety of Russian military workers at almost 2.4 million, consisting of 1.5 million soldiers, and orders the federal government to supply the essential financing.The previous boost in Russian troop numbers came last December, when a decree by Putin set the overall variety of Russian military workers at about 2.2 million, consisting of 1.32 million soldiers.The most capable Russian soldiers have actually been pushing an offensive in eastern Ukraine, where they...