Medvedev announced almost 450,000 Russians who signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense in a year.
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- Medvedev announced almost 450,000 Russians who signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense in a year.
He noted that the task set by Russian President Vladimir Putin By Putin last year, it was successfully completed.
"About 450 thousand people signed a contract for military service. In addition, more than 40 thousand of our citizens joined volunteer formations and went to the zone of a special military operation," he said at a meeting of the interdepartmental commission of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on recruiting armed forces with contractors, the video was posted on his page on the VKontakte social network.
Medvedev added that, on average, more than 1,000 people signed a contract every day last year.
As for the plans for the current year, they have already been determined, he said. The main task remains to maintain the achieved pace, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council stressed.
Earlier, on December 16, 2024, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov stated that this year href="https://iz.ru/1807942/2024-12-16/belousov-zaiavil-o-nabore-427-tys-voennosluzhashchikh-po-kontraktu"> The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have recruited over 427,000 military personnel under contract. He also noted that more than 1.2 thousand people sign contracts every day.
Prior to that, on November 2, the head of the Main Directorate of Combat Training of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Ivan Buvaltsev, reported that href="https://iz.ru/1800087/2024-12-02/v-minoborony-nazvali-chislennost-podgotovlennogo-rezerva-dlia-spetcoperatcii"> More than 300,000 military personnel have been trained in reserve regiments that prepare contract soldiers to participate in a special military operation. According to him, the training was adjusted based on the experience of a special military operation. The developed techniques and methods of warfare were implemented promptly.
