active forces

Zelensky declined to disclose the number of wounded or missing soldiers, saying that Russia could gauge the size of Ukraine’s active forces with that information.

But he declined to disclose the number of wounded or missing, saying that Russia could use the information to gauge the number of Ukraine’s active forces.

“If a reserve component did not meet its goal, that is significant as the reserve components deploy with active forces,” said Brenda S. Farrell, GAO’s defense capabilities and management director, by email.

Russia, with overall active forces of 900,000, is by far the CSTO's most powerful member, and the organisation's unified military headquarters is headed by a Russian.

"We are determined to eliminate the threats originating from here either with the active forces there or by our own means," he added.