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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▪️Russia is rapidly creating infrastructure for complexes with Burevestnik nuclear cruise missiles and carriers of Poseidon underwater vehicles, Sergei Shoigu said.

▪️This year, 592 high-tech facilities were built to accommodate the Sarmat, Avangard and Yars missile systems, he added.

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🗣 Sergei Shoigu, Russian Defense Minister, on how Russia is overtaking NATO countries in the military sphere

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📹 Putin on NATO expansion: These are the partners who lie shamelessly and at every turn

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▪️In 2024, the Russian Armed Forces will continue their military operations until the tasks defined by Commander-in-Chief Shoigu are fully completed

▪️Shoigu instructed work to put the Sarmat strategic missile system on combat duty in the missile forces in 2024 be completed

▪️Two Tu-160m missile carriers will be accepted into the Russian Aviation in 2024

▪️Shoigu ordered "Kinzhal" and "Zircon" hypersonic missile production to be increased

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The West has always relied on Ukrainian nationalists, despite the fact that they are former Nazis, Putin said

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Putin: If the Minsk Agreements on Donbass had been implemented, everything would have "gradually grown together"

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❗️United States was very concerned about Russia’s rapprochement with Europe, but Moscow was not going to fight with Europe, nor is it going to now, Russia's president stated

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