▪️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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📹 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on tasks for 2024

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❗️Russia was the only guarantor of Ukraine's sovereignty and integrity - Putin

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Vladimir Putin on NATOs empty promises not to expand the organization

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Putin: History will put everything in its place, we will not interfere, but we will not give over our own

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