📑 Opening address by Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation to Russian Defence Ministry Board Session
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⚡️ ️Russian troops hold initiative all over the line of contact – Sergei Shoigu
💬 Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu addressed the Russian Defence Ministry Board Session:
‘The Russian Groups of Forces hold the initiative along the entire line of contact and continue to push the enemy out of the line of contact.
Russian servicemen have liberated Pervomayskoye, Bogdanovka, and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) as a result of active combat operations. The control zone is being extended in Berdychi and Georgiyevka.
Our high combat potential allows us to constantly inflict fire damage on the enemy and prevent the adversary from holding the line of defence.
Washington is going to allocate almost $61 billion to the Kiev regime to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from failure. Most of the funding will go to the U.S. defence industry.
The U.S. authorities cynically claim that Ukrainians will die for their interests in the fight against the Russian Federation.
Since the beginning of the special military operation, the AFU has suffered losses of almost half a million troops.
Kiev regime failed to achieve its objectives in the counter-offensive prepared by the NATO instructors. Russian servicemen defused the myth of the Western weapons’ superiority.
The enterprises of the Russian defence industry have increased their capabilities. The Russian Armed Forces have significantly enhanced the combat potential. It is proved by the situation in the special military operation zone.
Russia will continue to improve the composition and structure of the armed forces and increase the production of the most in-demand weapons and military hardware in proportion to the threats posed by the United States and its allies.
We shall increase the intensity of strikes against logistics centres and storage facilities of the Western armament.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to carry out the tasks until the special military operation’s objectives are fully achieved’.
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Russian Armed Forces actively involved in flood relief operation
💬 Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu addressed the Russian Defence Ministry Board Session:
‘Since March, military personnel have been involved in flood control measures on rivers in Bashkiria and Buryatia, Transbaikal and Khabarovsk regions, and Ulyanovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, and have ensured the unimpeded passage of ice in several sectors of the rivers.
Efforts are still underway to stabilise the flood situation in Orenburg and Tyumen regions and to deal with the consequences of high water levels of the Ural and Ishim rivers. Work in this area is still underway’.
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🔎 Russian Defence Ministry Board session discusses state and prospects for development of air defence and anti-missile defence forces
💬 Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu:
‘In total, more than 22,000 drones and about 6,000 projectiles, to include HIMARS 3,549 and Vampire 361 projectiles, as well as about 2,000 other aerial targets, to include 592 warplanes, 270 helicopters, 349 anti-aircraft guided and tactical ballistic missiles, 329 guided missiles, 278 anti-radiation missiles, and 37 air balloons have been eliminated since the beginning of combat operations.
Regional authorities in Moscow, the regions of Moscow, Leningrad, and Belgorod, and Krasnodar province make a significant contribution to increasing the effectiveness of the air defence system. With their support, units are formed to counter unmanned aerial vehicles, and positions are equipped for anti-aircraft missile and radio-technical troops.
One of the priorities for the development of the Aerospace Forces is to equip the Air Defence and Anti-Missile Defence forces with promising weapons.
Today, the proportion of modern samples has reached 82%, and this figure needs to be increased to 85% in the next two years.
This year the troops are going to receive:
• the first samples of a new generation S-500 anti-aircraft missile system in two modifications: long-range anti-aircraft missile systems and anti-missile defence systems;
• S-400, S-300V4, Buk-M3, and Tor-M2U anti-aircraft missile systems;
• new-generation radar stations;
The Pantsir anti-aircraft missile systems have proved to be successful. This year we will almost double their supply.
Improvement of air defence and anti-aircraft missile defence systems will provide high-quality cover for the most important objects of the command and control system, strategic nuclear forces, and groups of forces’.
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⚡️ Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu outlines formation results of Moscow and Leningrad military districts:
‘Military and political tensions increased in the western and north-western strategic directions following Sweden’s joining the North Atlantic Alliance in early March.
Today, the NATO troop reinforcement has up to 33,000 military personnel, about 300 tanks, and more than 800 other armoured fighting vehicles at the Russian borders.
The Headquarters of the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine is deployed on the basis of the United States European Command in Germany.
A series of exercises of the NATO forces are taking place right now. Up to 90,000 troops are involved in them training to repel Russia’s allegedly prepared aggression.
The Alliance is trying to increase activity in the Arctic. Such actions by Western countries are forcing us to apply adequate response measures.
In 2022, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief decided to transform the Western Military District into Leningrad and Moscow military districts. Since 1 March, they have received all the relevant instructions and have started operation.
The formation of the Leningrad Military District involved more than 250 events. The 44th Army Corps has been established. Three motorised rifle brigades will be reformed into motorised rifle divisions.
This year’s organisational events are synchronised with the supply of more than 7,000 units of weapons and military equipment.
The Moscow Military District has held more than 400 organisational events. Another ten events will be completed during the year. The troops will receive more than 2,400 units of modern armament and hardware.
The training level of military personnel and command and control bodies is being improved in these units. The experience gained during the special military operation is being put into practice.
Particular attention is paid to training military personnel to effectively use unmanned aerial vehicles. The drills are supervised by combat instructors.
We shall continue to build up the capacity of the districts in accordance with the Ministry of Defence’s Activity Plan’.
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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(23 April 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️The Zapad Group of Forces’ units seized more advantageous lines and inflicted fire damage on the 63rd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 152-mm D-20 howitzer.
▫️The Yug Group of Forces units improved the tactical position along the front line as a result of active actions and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 79th Air Assault and 46th Airmobile brigades near Konstantinovka, Paraskoviyevka, and Ostroye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 500 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, as well as three field ammunition depots.
▫️The Tsentr Group of Forces’ units improved the tactical situation and repelled nine counter-attacks of the assault groups of the 25th Airborne, 59th Motorised Infantry, 68th and 71st jaeger, 23rd, 24th, 100th and 115th mechanised brigades of the AFU near Rozovka, Umanskoye, Novobakhmutovka, Pervomayskoye, Ocheretino, Netaylovo, Berdychi, and Semyonovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses included up to 360 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 howitzer, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M101 gun.
▫️The Vostok Group of Forces’ units captured more advantageous lines and defeated the 59th Motorised Infantry, 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 128th Territorial Defence Brigades close to Staromayorskoye, Vodyanoye, and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 95 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 155-mm French-made CAESAR self-propelled artillery system, as well as one Nota electronic warfare station.
▫️The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 121st and 126th territorial defence brigades close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), Berislav and Zolotaya Balka (Kherson region).
The enemy lost up to 70 Ukrainian troops, one armoured personnel carrier and two pick-up trucks, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have obliterated one U.S.-made MIM23 HAWK anti-aircraft missile launcher and hit a drone depot of the 113th Territorial Defence Brigade, AFU manpower and hardware in 115 areas.
▫️Air defence systems shot down 104 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, one Tochka-U tactical missile, six U.S.-made HIMARS and Olkha missiles, as well as four French-made Hammer guided air-to-surface bombs during the day.
▫️In total, 592 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 22,633 unmanned aerial vehicles, 509 air-to-air missile systems, 15,824 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,269 MLRS combat vehicles, 9,065 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,252 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.
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