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“Putin orders increase in size of Russian army Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered an increase in the size of the country’s army to 1.55 million active servicemen, according to a presidential decree issued on Monday.”

“…ritics argue that the current crisis is the result of years of neglect in expanding refinery capacity, an ageing transport fleet, the production of fuel-inefficient vehicles, and the state's extensive investment in its military, missile and nuclear…”

“More than half of the cost came from replacing missiles and other munitions, with billions of dollars for increased hours and fuel, according to the CBO report.”

“When the UK allowed Ukraine to use British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles against targets inside Russia in late 2024, Moscow predictably accused London of escalating the war and threatened retaliation.”