MOSCOW, June 12. /TASS/. Russian forces deployed in the special military operation zone exceed 700,000, President Vladimir Putin said.
We have a large group of forces there, more than 700,000 troops, he pointed out at a meeting with participants in the special military operation.
According to the president, the Russian government is considering education programs for participants in the special military operation, along with medical rehabilitation and employment options.
The staffing strength of the Russian Armed Forces is hereby established at 2,399,130, including 1,510,000 servicemen, the document reads.
Under a decree signed on March 4, 2026, the number of servicemen stood at 1,502,640.
The Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace Joint Venture is ready to fulfill an order for the delivery of its supersonic cruise missiles to the Russian army upon the relevant request, BrahMos JV Managing Co-Director Alexander Maksichev told TASS on the sidelines of the Fleet 2026 International Maritime Defense Show.
We are ready to fulfil an order, if we receive a request from the Russian side. These will be either missiles for the Navy or missiles for ground forces. We have sufficient capacities and we understand what the Russian side wants.
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is produced by the Indo-Russian BrahMos Aerospace Joint Venture.
The missile has been developed by Russia’s Research and Production Association of Machine-Building (situated in the suburban town of Reutov near Moscow) and India’s Defense Research and Development Organization.
The BrahMos missile was test-launched for the first time in 2001. The missile’s different versions are operational in all the three branches of India’s Armed Forces: the Air Force, the Army and the Navy.
The Fleet 2026 International Maritime Defense Show is running on the site of the Congress and Exhibition Center on the premises of the Naval Glory Museum in Kronstadt (St. Petersburg) on June 10-14, 2026.
The maritime defense show brings together representatives of the Navy and the government, major enterprises and leading experts in this sector. Foreign delegations from friendly countries are expected to attend the Fleet 2026 naval exhibition.
TASS is a strategic media partner of the Fleet 2026 maritime defense show.
TASS / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
That is a whole lot of soldiers needing to protect Russia all over again since WW2.
Germany in WW2 required 60 % of all its forces on land and air to invade Russia – approx 3.8 Million troops and air-force personnel. It was along an 1800 mile front , if Mr.Putin used the USA,s “shock & awe ” tactics they wouldn’t need all those soldiers doing it slowly and with care for civilians costs lives .
Today,s Fox “news ” says that Zelensky is taking back Donbass and Russia is losing the war the US government never stops lying .
Ukraine is a large country Herr Hitlers invasion force was the largest invasion force in history.