As of mid-October, the annual plan for staffing the Russian Armed Forces with contract soldiers has been fulfilled by almost 80%.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev announced this on October 17 at a specialized meeting.
A video from the meeting was published on Medvedev’s page on the social network VKontakte.
What Medvedev said about staffing the Russian Armed Forces with contract soldiers
As reported by the Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council, as of mid-October, the annual plan for staffing the army with contract soldiers has been fulfilled by 78%.
Overall, the pace is quite decent, Medvedev stated.
He called for preventing failures and other problems related to recruitment, and reported that on Tuesday, together with representatives of the Federal Security Service and the prosecutor's office, he visited a recruitment point in the Yaroslavl region.
According to Medvedev, the situation has improved significantly compared to 2023; no systemic violations in the registration of military personnel have been identified.
But there are still some problems, ” added the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.
In July, Medvedev reported that 190,000 people had signed up for contract service in the first half of this year.
