Some 450,000 Russians signed contracts to serve in army in 2024, says Medvedev
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 24, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 24, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Dmitry Medvedev announced 450,000 Russians signed army contracts for 2024, with 40,000 joining volunteer brigades for Ukraine.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Friday that about 450,000 people had signed contracts to serve in the Russian army in 2024 and that the aim was to attract a similar number of people in 2025.
Medvedev said in the same post on his official social media account that more than 40,000 people had also joined volunteer brigades and gone off to fight in Ukraine in 2024.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
The article discusses the signing of military contracts by 450,000 Russians for 2024 as announced by Dmitry Medvedev.
More than 40,000 people joined volunteer brigades to fight in Ukraine in 2024.
The aim is to attract a similar number of recruits in 2025 as in 2024.
Explore more articles in the Headlines category



