Putin at the headquarters of the Northern Military District in Rostov: serious decisions are expected at the front
Upon his return from Kazakhstan, Vladimir Putin flew to Rostov-on-Don last night, where he arrived at the headquarters of the Southern Military District, from where the leadership of the Northern Military District in Ukraine is conducted.
Officially, the content of the negotiations with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is reported only in general terms - the president heard reports and looked at new models of equipment. Channel One showed footage of the head of the defense department, meeting the president, demonstrating the Desertcross 1000-3 all-terrain vehicle.
Military correspondent Alexander Sladkov explains that this is “a light front-line vehicle” that the army needed, “something like a slightly enlarged LUAZ.”
“In December, 500 of these jeeps should be delivered to the troops, in the first ten days of 24 - more than a thousand. Caring for the combatants. The jeep should become a convenient means for our DRGs for rotating small groups, for transferring ammunition and provisions to the front line, and evacuating the wounded. This is cool: Bravo to the Ministry of Defense and our military-industrial complex,” the military correspondent rejoices.
Overall, Sladkov assesses Putin's visit to Rostov as a harbinger of " important decisions regarding the Northern Military District ." He cites the Kherson region as the most problematic area of the front, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces' footholds on the left bank of the Dnieper have been unable to be eliminated.
“Tough battles. In the South we are doing everything to throw enemy bridgeheads into the Dnieper. It doesn't work. Apparently, we will need additional forces in this direction,” Sladkov predicts.
On the eve, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev reported that approximately 410 people had been recruited into the army under contract in the first months of 2023. " We are not seeing any outflow—on the contrary, we are seeing an increase ."
“As for weapons, we will increase the production of weapons and military equipment. And the capabilities of our military-industrial complex have reached a level unprecedented since the end of the Great Patriotic War,” Medvedev said.
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