Putin says more than 700,000 Russian troops fighting in Ukraine

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Russian has more than 700,000 troops deployed in the war zone in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday while conversing with soldiers at the Kremlin on the June 12 national holiday.

Flanked by Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, Putin spoke confidently of victory in the "special military operation" he ordered against the neighbouring country in February 2022, which quickly escalated into Europe's worst conflict since World War II.

"Step by step, not as quickly as we would like, but we are moving forward nonetheless; We are moving forward every day," Putin said.

As early as December, during his annual press conference and public Q&A session, he had spoken of some 700,000 soldiers in Ukraine. At the time, he said they were mainly young people, including those born in the 1990s.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/putin-says-more-700-000-174138634.html

How many really want to be there?

[BeyondGeography]

1. Or twice as many as who have been killed in action

But he probably left that part out.