Russia Wants To Recruit 450 Thousand People Join The Army For Ukraine's Battlefield

Russian/TASS military

JAKARTA - Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said on Friday about 450,000 people had signed contracts to serve in the Russian army by 2024. Russia wants to withdraw the number of army contract workers by 2025.

Medvedev said in the same post on his official social media accounts that more than 40,000 people had also joined the volunteer brigade and went to war in Ukraine in 2024.

Meanwhile, the latest news regarding the Russia-Ukraine war, Moskoow rejected the idea that NATO countries would send peacekeepers to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire. Russia says such actions will cause uncontrollable escalation.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova said the idea was completely unacceptable to her country.

Reported by Reuters on Thursday, January 23, at a press conference, Maria referred to Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius' latest statement on the possibility of their country sending troops to peacekeepers in Ukraine.

Pistorius said in a newspaper interview on January 18, Germany as the largest NATO partner in Erop had a role and this issue would be discussed in due course.

Meanwhile, Starmer said on January 16, Britain had discussed the idea of peacekeeping forces with other allies.

"We will play our full role," said the British PM.

Russia said it was open to dialogue with US President Donald Trump, who said it intended to end the war quickly.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who wants to meet Trump, said at least 200,000 European peacekeeping troops would be needed to prevent Russia's new attack following a ceasefire agreement.