There was another security meeting in Russia yesterday.
Of interest is this.
> The defense minister also said it was necessary to increase the number of combat personnel in Russia’s army to 1.5 million troops.
> He also proposed widening the age range for mandatory military service — currently between 18 and 27 — to 21 and 30.
I dislike conscription but raising the age bracket from 18 to 21 is good in my opinion, I think if you are going to conscript soldiers and send them to die they should be around 30.
But more interesting is that 1.5 Million strong army, of those around 600,000 are meant to be contract soldiers(this is taken from another source not Defence Post).
NATO is going to have to expand in response.
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/12/22/russia-combat-readiness-nuclear-forces/