{"id":2547941,"date":"2026-01-22T13:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-urges-europe-to-double-army-to-3-million-by-2030\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:57:00","slug":"zelensky-urges-europe-to-double-army-to-3-million-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-urges-europe-to-double-army-to-3-million-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky urges Europe to double army to 3 million by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-urges-europe-to-double-army-to-3-million-by-2030%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2547941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Europe to build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-u-n-ambassador-slammed-for-responding-to-taliban-threats-with-strongly-worded-press-statement\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s U.N. Ambassador Slammed For Responding To Taliban Threats With \u2018Strongly Worded Press Statement\u2019\">combined military<\/a> of at least <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >3 million troops<\/a> by 2030 to counter a projected Russian force of about 2.5 million. He said Europe shoudl create &#8220;common big forces,&#8221; offering to share Ukrainian technologies with partners but noting that funding is insufficient. Zelensky warned that even if a ceasefire occurs, Russia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-takes-run-to-replace-mcconnell-public-i-hope-to-be-leader\/\" title=\"Thune aims to succeed McConnell as leader: &#039;I aspire to be\">intentions remain unclear<\/a>, so strong security guarantees are needed. Currently, EU countries plus the U.K.total roughly 1.5 million soldiers, meaning reaching his target would require an unprecedented mobilization and a near doubling of forces. Analysts note major obstacles: demographic decline, aging populations, and strained public finances in leading European states, which would make the large increases in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/human-experimentation-and-gene-editing-inside-chinas-race-to-create-genetically-modified-soldiers\/\" title=\"Human Experimentation And Gene...Editing: Inside China\u2019s Race To Create Genetically Modified Soldiers\">military spending<\/a> politically and economically challenging.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Zelensky urges Europe to double army by 2030 to combat Russia&rsquo;s possible 2.5 million troops<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2477783\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> said Europe must amass an army of 3 million by 2030 to counter <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia&rsquo;s<\/a> projected 2.5 million-strong army by that time.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Zelensky devoted most of his time at the World Economic Forum Summit in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday to warning about Russia and pleading for help for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>&lsquo;s war effort. Referring to estimates that Russia&rsquo;s military buildup could see it achieve an army of 2.5 million soldiers, Zelensky urged Europe to one-up the Kremlin with an army of 3 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4428995\/who-attended-trump-board-of-peace-signing-world-leaders\/\">Leaders friendly with Trump surrounded him at the &#8216;Board of Peace&#8217; signing. Here&#8217;s who attended<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4429238\/zelensky-trilateral-meeting-us-russian-officials-uae\/\">Zelensky announces trilateral meeting with US and Russian officials in UAE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4429054\/france-seizes-russian-oil-tanker-in-mediterranean\/\">France seizes Russian oil tanker in Mediterranean<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4429238\/zelensky-trilateral-meeting-us-russian-officials-uae\/\">ZELENSKY ANNOUNCES TRILATERAL MEETING WITH US AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS IN UAE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2030, Russia will have army of 2.5 million people. They will have it. We will have ceasefire, or we will not have ceasefire. It will be a pause in this war, or, God bless, it will be the end of this war with really strong security guarantees. But we don&rsquo;t know if Russia will come back, what they need, what [are] their goals? Nobody knows,&rdquo; Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said his suggestion for Europe, &ldquo;was to have a strong army, not less than 3 million people. And one year ago, I said that we are ready to share all our technologies, what we have, with our partners. We don&rsquo;t have enough funding to make strong everybody&hellip; We don&rsquo;t have enough money to make us stronger. That&rsquo;s why what we need to put on the paper the idea of common big forces.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Better not to use them, but to have them. And I think, as I said, that Europe has such leaders, but not all of them, but they need to make some decisions, some strong decisions. This is my opinion,&rdquo; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423950\/what-is-europe-trade-bazooka-anti-coercion-instrument-trump-greenland-threats\/\">WHAT IS EUROPE&rsquo;S &lsquo;TRADE BAZOOKA&rsquo; BEING FLOATED AS AN ANSWER TO TRUMP&rsquo;S GREENLAND THREATS?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian president was presumably arguing that all European Union militaries combined, plus the United Kingdom, should total three million soldiers at a minimum. This would take a gargantuan effort, as currently the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-milley-inflated-afghan-army-numbers-pentagon-report-shows\/\" title=\"Biden And Milley Inflated Afghan ... Numbers, Pentagon Report Shows\">combined number<\/a> of European soldiers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/eu-and-the-world\/ar0fa3f12f\">reaches only<\/a> 1.5 million, equal to Russia&rsquo;s. To reach Zelensky&rsquo;s target, Europe would need to mobilize on a scale not seen since World War II, doubling its armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>Further complicating this problem are the demographic and financial issues facing Europe. Its top militaries &mdash; Germany, France, and the U.K. &mdash; are all facing major financial crises over their aging populations and unsustainable welfare states. To raise such a massive army would require massive boosts in military spending, to the detriment of social spending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelensky urges Europe to build 3M army by 2030<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2547942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26022518289093.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[71683,51366,71682,50459,8630],"class_list":["post-2547941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-2030-target","tag-european-defense","tag-military-manpower","tag-nato-2","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26022518289093.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2547941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2547945,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547941\/revisions\/2547945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2547942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2547941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2547941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2547941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}