Putin raises Russian Armed Forces staffing to 2,441,630 units

September 28, 2026 at 09:49 PM2 min

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree raising the staffing level of the Russian Armed Forces to 2,441,630 units, including 1,550,500 military personnel. The previous level was 2,426,130 units, with 1,535,000 military personnel, an increase of 15,500 servicemen. The decree also instructs the government to allocate budget funds to the Defense Ministry for the increase.

Key Facts

The decree sets the total staffing of the Russian Armed Forces at 2,441,630 units, including 1,550,500 military personnel.
The number of military personnel increased by 15,500 compared with the previous figure of 1,535,000.
The government is instructed to allocate budget funds to the Defense Ministry to implement the increase.
The decree invalidates the decree of June 12 and clause 2 of the decree of July 27.
The decree came into force on the day it was signed.

Decree Details

The decree raises the staffing level of the Russian Armed Forces to 2,441,630 units, including 1,550,500 military personnel. The previous staffing level was 2,426,130 units, of which 1,535,000 were military personnel. The number of military personnel therefore increased by 15,500. The decree also invalidates the decree of June 12 and clause 2 of the decree of July 27. The document came into force on the day it was signed.

Budget Allocation

The decree instructs the government to provide budget allocations to the Defense Ministry for the increase in military personnel. The funds are to be allocated from the federal budget. The decree was published on the official portal of legal acts.

Recent Increases

In July, Putin signed a decree increasing the number of military personnel in the Russian Armed Forces by 25,000. In June, the staffing level of the Russian Armed Forces increased by approximately 7,300. At the Eastern Economic Forum, Putin said there was no scenario requiring mobilization in Russia and called rumors about it an information attack.