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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, June 23 (Xinhua) — Russia will continue to develop its armed forces to ensure sovereignty and independent development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday during a meeting with graduates of military universities.
“The current international situation is changing dynamically. We see how the situation in the Middle East has sharply worsened. Non-regional powers are also being drawn into the conflict. All this is bringing the world to a very dangerous point,” V. Putin stated.
According to him, Russia cannot help but be concerned by the fact that a number of Western politicians continue to hatch plans to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Therefore, increasing the combat capabilities of all types of armed forces and branches of the armed forces remains an urgent task.
In connection with the increased role of unmanned aerial vehicles in modern conflicts, a new branch of the armed forces is being formed in Russia — troops of unmanned systems, V. Putin reported. A set of organizational measures for the formation of the Moscow and Leningrad military districts is being completed. Marine brigades will be deployed in divisions, as a result of which their striking power and combat capabilities will qualitatively increase.
“We will pay special attention to our nuclear triad. Thus, modern Yars systems will be delivered to the Strategic Missile Forces, and the aviation component of the strategic nuclear forces will be replenished with modernized Tu-160M missile carriers this year,” the Russian president noted.
“Serial production of the latest medium-range missile system, Oreshnik, which has proven itself very well in combat conditions, is underway,” the Russian leader added. –0–