1月4日,阿恰洛夫上将被任命为苏联国防部副部长,他在接受塔斯社记者采访时说,1991年苏联将继续进行与新的防御理论相关的军事改革,在新的一年中还将单方面削减苏联武装力量50万人。1月7日,苏联国防部新闻中心发布的征兵补充措施的公报指出,到1991年1月1日,苏全国征兵计划只完成78.8%。同日,据法新社报道,由于征兵工作受到抵制,苏联向包括三个波罗的海共和国在内的许多出现麻烦的地区增派精锐部队。 On January 4, General Apphalov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union. In an interview with a Tass news agency, he said: In 1991, the Soviet Union will continue military reforms related to the new defensive theory. In the new year It will also cut the number of Soviet armed forces 500,000 unilaterally. On January 7, the communiqué of the supplementary recruitment of conscriptions issued by the Information Center of the U.S. Defense Department pointed out that as of January 1, 1991, the plan for the conscription of the Soviet nation completed only 78.8%. On the same day, according to AFP, the Soviet Union sent more elite troops to many troubled areas, including the three Baltic Republics, because of the boycott of conscription work.