Day: September 16, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders the country’s military to increase its number of troops to a total of 1.5 million, as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine drags on for more than two-and-a-half years.

In a self-published book, Routh wrote that he had been a supporter of Trump in 2016 but came to regret it two years later when Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal.

Despite the rapid succession in less than a week is abnormal, such interceptions are viewed as routine and not a threat

Increase of 180,000 would leave Russian army second only to China in terms of number of active combat soldiers.