Putin orders conscription of 133,000 servicemen in Russia’s autumn draft

SCMP | Sept. 30, 2024, 6:49 p.m. | Original
Putin last month ordered army to be increased to 1.5 million servicemen, a move that would make it the world’s second largest, after China.
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