Shoigu held a meeting on increasing the army to 1.5 million people

This was stated in the Russian defense department.

“Shoigu paid special attention to the fact that all measures should be combined into a Comprehensive Plan for increasing the composition and strength of the Russian Armed Forces and synchronized with the delivery of weapons, military and special equipment and materiel under the State Defense Order, the construction of infrastructure for the deployment of troops and the provision of appropriate resources” , - noted in the Russian Ministry of Defense.

On January 1, the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on increasing the staffing level of the country's Armed Forces came into force.

It is set at around 2,039,758 people, including 1,150,628 military personnel.

Putin signed the relevant decree in August 2022.