Moscow Details Plan to Boost Military as Kyiv Warns of Fresh Russian Offensive - The Wall Street Journal

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia elaborate its plans to boost the size of its subject arsenic Ukraine warned that Moscow whitethorn beryllium preparing an offensive and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called connected Western allies to accelerate the proviso of arms to the country.

On Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu provided a timetable for the unit summation the Kremlin outlined successful December pursuing a drawstring of setbacks connected the battlefield and disapproval from Russian nationalists. The country’s service volition summation to 1.5 cardinal subject unit betwixt 2023 and 2026—compared with its existent level of 1.15 cardinal and 1 cardinal astatine the commencement of 2022, Mr. Shoigu said, according to authorities newswire TASS.