With the estimated number of his soldiers killed or wounded in Ukraine topping 80,000, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his nation’s military to increase the number of active-duty personnel by 137,000, the New York Times reports.

With one year of compulsory military service for men ages 18 to 27 already the law, the way in which Putin intends to achieve this goal is unknown.  Currently, about two million people serve in Russia’s military if including soldiers and civilians across all branches, with about half of the uniformed personnel being conscripts who typically are assigned to support roles, not fighting units.  The other uniformed personnel are contracted career soldiers, who for the most part face mandatory discharge at the age of 40.

Putin’s goal, which will go into effect in 2023, may force a number of uncomfortable options.  While Putin has attempted to maintain a veneer of normalcy on the homefront while his military suffers heavy losses of equipment and personnel in the protracted war in Ukraine–which Putin’s military leaders said would be over in weeks after a Russian invasion in late February–the pressure for victories in Ukraine may force Putin to extend compulsory service time or to increase the mandatory discharge age.

Similar to how the GW Bush administration instituted a “stop-loss” policy in the US military during the Iraq war which prevented soldiers whose enlistment period had passed from leaving the military so the armed forces would have enough personnel to continue the war, Russia’s policy would increase the number of available soldiers for the front.

To encourage conscripts to volunteer for front-line duties, the Russian military is offering bonuses equivalent to hundreds or thousands of dollars to go to the front, which can be a big incentive when the median household income in Russia is around $500 per month.