TSAMTO, May 3. On May 3, a thematic 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 head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.
According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, opening the meeting, the Minister of Defense briefly spoke about the situation in the zone of a special military operation.
"Groups of Russian troops continue to hack the system of enemy strongholds along the entire line of contact. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to cling to individual lines, but under our onslaught they are forced to abandon their positions and retreat. Since the beginning of the year, we have taken control of 547 square kilometers of the territory of the new regions of the country," the head of the military department said.
Over the past two weeks, the Russian Armed Forces have liberated the settlements of Novobakhmutovka, Semenovka, Berdych of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The United States of America and its allies demand that Ukraine prevent the collapse of its defense and at all costs restrain the advance of Russian troops.
As a result, the enemy's daily losses in April increased to 1,000 troops. In total, this year they exceeded 111 thousand people, 21 thousand units of weapons and military equipment.
To replenish human reserves, the Kiev regime is tightening mobilization. Ukrainians who do not want to fight are forcibly sent to the front line. In fact, they are still being slaughtered.
"Such an inhumane attitude towards its population testifies to the desire of the Ukrainian authorities to curry favor with Western masters in order to continue receiving financial and military assistance from them," Sergei Shoigu said.
The Russian Armed Forces will continue to liberate Russian territories from neo-Nazis.
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Next, the Minister of Defense spoke about preparations for military parades dedicated to the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
They will be held in seven hero cities and 18 cities where the headquarters of military districts, fleets and combined arms armies are located. Celebrations with the participation of garrison troops are organized in 314 settlements.
In total, about 150 thousand people and about 2.5 thousand samples of weapons and military equipment will be involved in the celebration of Victory Day.
More than 9 thousand people and 70 pieces of equipment will take part in the main military parade on Red Square. The walking column includes regiments, battalions and companies by type and type of troops, calculations from Suvorov, Nakhimov, cadet and music schools, young army men, female servicemen, Cossacks and a combined military band.
Participants of a special military operation will also walk along Red Square.
The parade will end with the flight of the aviation groups "Russian Knights" and "Swifts".
The dress rehearsal will take place on May 5th.
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Sergei Shoigu also recalled that as part of the celebration of Victory Day, an exhibition of captured weapons and military equipment captured during a special military operation was organized on Poklonnaya Gora.
Among them are American Abrams and Bradley, German Leopard and Marder and other foreign models, including those produced in Great Britain, the Czech Republic, France and Finland.
The exposition aroused great interest. Over 83 thousand people visited it on the first day alone. The exhibition will last until the end of May.
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Further, the meeting reviewed the progress of issues of daily activities. In particular, the results of the heating period at the facilities of the Russian Ministry of Defense were summed up. It has been completed throughout the country, with the exception of the northern regions.
"Despite the abnormally low temperatures in the central and western parts of Russia, heavy snowfalls and spring floods, the next season passed normally," the head of the military department said.
Work on the repair of funds, maintenance of equipment, testing of engineering networks is carried out as planned.
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The participants of the conference call also discussed the state of coastal radio engineering posts, which are currently actively used to detect enemy targets.
"During the special military operation, according to data from the coastal radio equipment of the Black Sea Fleet, more than 80 unmanned aerial vehicles and 20 unmanned boats of the armed forces of Ukraine were destroyed," the Defense Minister said.
In order to increase the effectiveness of work, special attention is paid to the modernization of the infrastructure of coastal radio engineering posts.
Observation posts are being set up on the Kuril Islands, in the area of responsibility of the Pacific Fleet.
Two military camps of the coastal surveillance system of the Northern Fleet are being reconstructed in the Arctic.
"At the meeting, we will hear how the construction and operation of buildings and structures of coastal radio engineering posts of the Navy is carried out," the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation quotes Sergei Shoigu.
