Dozens of new units will be created in the Russian Armed Forces – Medvedev

The ruling regime of the Russian Federation plans to form another army army, seven divisions, 19 brigades, 49 regiments and a flotilla in the Russian Armed Forces next year. This was stated by the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday, October 25, at a meeting on the recruitment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Russian propaganda news agency reports. Interfax.

According to him, the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, ordered that in 2024 work to continue staffing the Russian Armed Forces with contract soldiers.

“As of next year, it is planned to form another army army, seven divisions, 19 brigades, 49 regiments and a flotilla,” said the Russian official.

According to him, “the Supreme Commander-in-Chief decided to continue the work on adding to the armed forces contract soldiers in 2024.”

“I was entrusted with coordinating this work,” he added.

According to him, in less than ten months of 2023, 385,000 people are said to have gone to military service in the Russian Federation, of which about 80 thousand are volunteers.

He assures that “the speed of selection for military service under the contract has increased significantly.”

“More than 1,600 people enter into contracts with the armed forces every day,” the Russian official said.

We remind you that the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andrey Yusov said that in Russia more than 20 thousand people a month are mobilized for the war against Ukraine.

Let’s remember that in Russia fines related to mobilization will increase tenfold. Failure to appear at a summons at the military registration and enlistment office is punishable by a fine of up to 50 thousand rubles. The fine for failure to provide assistance in military registration and enlistment offices is up to 500 thousand rubles.