Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to expand the Russian armed forces to 65,438+903,000 from July this year. Of the Russian armed forces, 65,438+0,065,438+0,000 are active servicemen. One year later, the Russian armed forces will increase by about 19000.

Jin Yinan, a professor at National Defense University, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China Central Broadcasting Corporation that Russian military expansion is not as aggressive as described by western media, but mainly a defensive response to NATO's eastward expansion in an attempt to achieve a relative military balance with the West. Russia's surge is limited. First of all, it takes into account the whole international situation. At the same time, Russia's economic situation cannot support large-scale expansion. Increased strength has been invested in information warfare, outer space and long-distance delivery to make up for these shortcomings.

Russia's military expansion this time is not as aggressive as described by western media. It is mainly a defensive response to NATO's eastward expansion, thus trying to reach a relative military balance with the West.

The news of this military expansion was announced by Russia itself, which was greatly exaggerated by the West. In fact, the total strength of the Russian army has increased by less than 20,000, but the West has greatly exaggerated the scale of Russia's expansion to 1.9 million.