FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the coordination council to ensure the needs of Russia's Armed Forces, via video link in Moscow, Russia October 25, 2022. Sputnik/Alexei Babushkin/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the size of the Russian army to increase by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million soldiers.
Putin gave the order in a decree published on the Kremlin's website.
