❗️Putin: The activity of the NATO bloc has increased sharply in general. US forces, including aircraft, have been deployed to the borders of the Russian Federation

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❗️Putin: the aggressive nature of NATO is no longer hidden - US documents directly enshrine claims to global superiority

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❗️Putin on the current situation in the war zone: Our troops have the initiative, we do what we think is necessary

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❗️Putin: the myth of the invulnerability of Western military equipment has collapsed

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❗️Putin says role of the nuclear triad has grown - 15 Yars and Avangard launchers will be delivered by end of year

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🗣The strategic forces' aviation supply is being modernized. Four Tu-160m missile carriers have been received, the Russian president said

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The supply of armored vehicles to troops has tripled this year, Putin noted.

According to the president, the Russian defense industry as a whole responds faster and more accurately to the needs of those who are fighting on the battlefield and the Russian Design Bureau has made a real breakthrough.

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The state defense order will be almost entirely fulfilled in 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"It is expected that, in general, the state defense order by the end of 2023 will be fulfilled at the level of about 98%," he said, speaking at an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

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Russian Defense Miniter Sergei Shoigu: The Sea of Azov has become internal for Russia, routes to new regions and a direct road to Crimea have been restored

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❗️Putin says 15 Yars and Avangard launchers will be delivered by end of year.

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Statements by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu:

▪️The West supplied Kiev with 5,220 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 28 aircraft, 87 helicopters, 23,000 drones, and over 1,300 artillery systems

▪️Ukraine received $203 billion from external sponsors, $30 billion more than its GDP

▪️Ukraine is a de facto bankrupt country

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❗️Russia's Armed Forces have taken out over 5,800 foreign mercenaries since the beginning of the military operation - Shoigu

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The special military operation revealed a number of problems; it is necessary to rebuild communication systems and more effectively use modern intelligence technologies, Vladimir Putin said.

He added that it is necessary to increase the production of high-precision projectiles and drones, and the work of air defenses requires improvement

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Shoigu: 7,000 km of minefields have been created along the entire length of the line of contact with a length of over 2,000 km, the depth of mining is up to 600 m

Russia has increased the production of tanks by 5.6 times, infantry fighting vehicles by 3.6 times, armored personnel carriers by 3.5 times, drones by 16.8 times, and artillery ammunition by 17.5 times

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▪️During its counteroffensive that was launched on June 4, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 159,000 soldiers, 121 aircraft, and 766 tanks, including 37 Leopard tanks - Shoigu

▪️103 war criminals who showed special cruelty have been eliminated in Ukraine

▪️In six months, Russian air defenses shot down 1,062 NATO MLRS rockets, as well as tactical and cruise guided missiles

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A naval area has been created in the waters of the Sea of Azov - Sergei Shoigu

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❗️US Abrams tanks have not yet appeared on the battlefield, apparently due to the huge losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - Shoigu

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📹 Sergei Shoigu about the losses of Ukraine - equipment, troops, mercenaries

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Missile forces have completed rearmament with the modern Avangard strategic missile system, and continue equipping with the Yars- the Russian defense minister

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❗️More statements by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu:

▪️Since the beginning of the year, the Russian Navy has received four modern multipurpose submarines and eight surface ships

▪️Russian Aerospace Forces received 237 aircraft and helicopters, 86 types of anti-aircraft missile weapons and 67 radar stations

▪️1,530 new and modernized tanks, 2,518 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers were delivered to ground forces

▪️The delivery of four Tu-160m strategic missile carriers to the strategic aviation nuclear forces is being completed

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All plans on equipment of army, fleet completed in 2023, number of troops reach 1.15mln soldiers, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

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