Russia proposes 30% increase in size of armed forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his backing on Wednesday to a plan to boost the size of the armed forces by more than 30% as he said Moscow needed to learn from and fix the problems it had suffered in Ukraine.俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京（Vladimir Putin）周三表示支持一项将武装力量规模扩大30%以上的计划，他表示俄罗斯需要学习并解决其在乌克兰遭遇的问题。At an end-of-year conference of Russia's top military brass, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu proposed beefing up the armed forces to 1.5 million combat personnel from 1.15 million.俄罗斯的国防部长谢尔盖·绍伊古（Sergei Shoigu）在俄罗斯最高军事官员的年底会议上提议，将武装力量从115万名增加到150万名战斗人员。This was required "to guarantee the solving of problems related to Russia's military security", Shoigu told Putin at the televised event. He said 695,000 of the fighters should be professional contracted soldiers - as opposed to conscripts serving mandatory military service.绍伊古在电视转播的活动中告诉普京，这是“为了保证解决与俄罗斯军事安全有关的问题”。他说，69.5万名战士应该是职业合同兵，而不是义务兵役的义务兵。Putin had signed a decree only this summer ordering troop numbers to be increased by 137,000 from Jan. 1 2023 to reach the 1.15 million level, and has also drafted more than 300,000 reservists in a controversial mobilisation drive to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine.普京仅在今年夏天签署了一项法令，命令从2023年1月1日起将军队人数增加13.7万人，达到115万人的水平，并在一场有争议的动员运动中征召了30多万预备役军人，以支持俄罗斯入侵乌克兰。The United States and western military analysts say tens of thousands of Russian soldiers have died in the 10 months since Moscow invaded Ukraine. On Sept. 21 - the last time an official tally was shared publicly - Shoigu said 5,937 Russian soldiers had been killed there.美国和西方军事分析人士表示，自俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来的10个月里，数万名俄罗斯士兵死亡。9月21日，这是最后一次公开分享官方统计数据，绍伊古表示，有5937名俄罗斯士兵在那里丧生。Shoigu also proposed raising the age range for mandatory Russian military service to cover Russian citizens aged 21-30.绍伊古还建议提高俄罗斯义务兵役的年龄范围，以涵盖21-30岁的俄罗斯公民。