Global Courant
MOSCOW
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu visited the forward command post of the country’s Western forces group on Monday.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that it had heard the report of Colonel General Yevgeny Nikiforov, commander of Shoigu’s Western group, on the current situation and adjusting the work of the reserve forces being formed, accompanied by a video that shows Shoygu flying a plane and talking. to other military chiefs.
The minister’s command personnel are instructed to continue active reconnaissance in order to reveal the opponent’s plans in advance and prevent their implementation on distant approaches to the contact line, the statement said.
“Shoigu paid special attention to the organization of the comprehensive supply of armies participating in a special military operation and the creation of conditions for the safe deployment of personnel,” the statement said.
The defense minister also praised the effectiveness of Western forces in detecting and defeating the opponent’s equipment and personnel.
This is the first time the defense minister has appeared since the canceled Wagner rebellion aimed at overthrowing Shoygu.
The paramilitary group Wagner accused Russian forces of attacking its fighters on Friday, and the group later moved from Ukraine to Rostov-on-Don, Russia. In response, the Federal Security Service in Russia initiated a criminal case against Wagner for “armed insurrection”. Russian President Vladimir Putin described Wagner’s uprising as “treason”.
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin later claimed that his fighters had decided to turn back to avoid bloodshed while they were 200 kilometers (124 miles) from Moscow, while Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had met with the Wagner head at Putin’s agreement, and Prigozhin also agreed to escalate. has repeatedly accused Shoygu of not providing enough weapons to the paramilitary group in recent months.
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