New strategies in war in Ukraine

Russia is boosting its army size to 1.5 million active soldiers due to perceived 'threats' along its borders, including hostility in the West, the Kremlin announced today. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday boosting the number of active troops by 180,000 to 1.5 million, making the Russian army the second largest in the world by active troop size, according to Russian media - after China, on 2 million. 'This is caused by the number of threats that exist for our country along the perimeter of our borders,' Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. 'It is caused by the extremely hostile situation on the western borders and instability on the eastern borders,' he added.