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Sergei Shoigu: Moscow wants to expand military as 'special operation' to continue in 2023 Russia's defence minister has said the country's military must be expanded as he admitted "difficulties" during Moscow's partial mobilisation. Speaking to Vladimir Putin and Russia's top military leaders at an end-of-year conference, Sergei Shoigu said the country's military must be expanded from its current 1m personnel to 1.5 million. He said the number should include 695,000 volunteer contract soldiers. The defence minister also proposed raising the age range for mandatory Russian military service to cover Russian citizens aged 21-30. Under the current system, Russians aged between...
