As reported Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on August 2, 2022, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.
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Before proceeding to the consideration of the issues outlined in the thematic agenda, the Minister of Defense congratulated the paratroopers on the Day of the Airborne Troops, and then told about the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine.
In particular, he recalled that after taking control of the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic, the Donetsk People's Republic is being released on a planned basis. Recently, the settlements of Grigorovka, Berestovoye, Stryapovka, Pokrovskoye, Semigorye and Novoluganskoye have been liberated. The largest Uglegorsk thermal power plant in Europe with a design capacity of 3,600 MW came under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to cover civilian objects in the liberated areas from enemy air attack means.
Over the past month alone, 34 Ukrainian aircraft were shot down, 39 missiles of the Tochka-U complex were intercepted, as well as 226 multiple rocket launchers, including foreign-made ones. This saved thousands of civilians.
"Uncontrolled supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine seriously threaten the security of the region," Sergei Shoigu said.
A total of 33 American M777 howitzers, 5 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers, as well as 6 launchers and more than 200 Haimars multiple launch rocket systems were destroyed as a result of strikes by Russian troops on military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, over the past two weeks, the AFU has lost 396 Javelin and EnLo anti-tank missile systems, 125 Stinger man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems.
The Minister further focused on the participation of Russian servicemen in the work to establish peaceful life in the liberated areas and settlements of the DPR, LPR and Ukraine. "In total," he said, "about 1,400 humanitarian actions were carried out, during which over 50,500 tons of humanitarian aid were delivered."
In addition, military builders are rapidly restoring civilian infrastructure in the liberated territories. A water pipeline with a total length of about 90 km was built in the shortest possible time. It provides water supply up to 50 thousand cubic meters for residents of Donetsk and surrounding areas. Two more water pipelines are being built for 60 km for the population of the DPR and LPR.
Vital facilities are being built and reconstructed as planned. Among them are 12 residential buildings with more than 1,000 apartments, two multifunctional medical centers with a total capacity of 260 beds, as well as an administrative and rescue center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
"In the conditions of the modern military-political situation, the consolidation of the efforts of the international community in the fight against neo-Nazism is of particular relevance," Sergei Shoigu said.
In this regard, the Ministry of Defense decided to hold the First International Anti-Fascist Congress. Representatives of seventy-four friendly countries are invited to participate in it. Federal authorities, international and Russian public organizations, religious associations, historians, cultural figures and the media community will be involved in the work.
The Congress is intended to become a platform for defending the historical truth about the decisive contribution of the USSR to the defeat of fascism during World War II, as well as to counter the spread of Nazi ideology.
It will be held within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum "ARMY", at the sites of which the high capabilities of our weapons and military equipment, as well as the achievements of the domestic military-industrial complex in the production of military products have been demonstrated for the eighth year.
To date, about 50 foreign defense departments have expressed their desire to attend the Forum. About one and a half thousand enterprises and organizations, including foreign ones, plan to present samples of their products. Developments in the field of artificial intelligence, radio-electronic and information technologies will be demonstrated. For the first time, visitors will be able to see remotely controlled modules and armament samples equipped with them.
It is planned to sign and award 36 state contracts with enterprises of the defense industry of Russia in the amount exceeding 522 billion rubles. 289 scientific and business events will be held, which is almost twice as many as last year.
The head of the military department recalled that this year for the first time the Forum will be held simultaneously with the Moscow Conference on International Security, which traditionally gathers military professionals and authoritative experts in the field of defense from around the world. This will be the tenth anniversary conference. Heads of foreign defense departments, heads of international organizations, experts and representatives of academic circles from 109 countries are invited to it. The agenda includes the most pressing topics of global and regional security.
Preparations are continuing for the Eighth Army International Games, which will be held from August 13 to 27 on the territory of 12 states. More than 270 teams from 37 countries will take part in them, including two new ones - Niger and Rwanda. For the first time, one of the contests of the Games - "Sniper Frontier" - will be held on the American continent, in Venezuela.
Traditionally, the Patriot Park will host a Fan Club and a museum of the Army International Games, as well as samples of captured and advanced Russian military equipment.
The Minister stressed that the listed international events have proved their practical benefits. "All of them," he said, "certainly contribute to expanding cooperation, opportunities for military-technical cooperation, maintaining dialogue with our foreign partners on a wide range of issues."
At the end of the meeting, Sergei Shoigu proposed to consider how the sale of movable military property, which has no prospects of use in the Armed Forces, is going. He noted that the solution of this task allows to reduce the costs of maintaining and protecting such property and at the same time replenish the revenue part of the federal budget. So, since 2021, more than two hundred thousand tons of scrap metal, 112 thousand car tires and other property have been sold for a total amount of more than 6.5 billion rubles. The Minister suggested discussing how to make this work even more effective.
