Opening address by the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, at the special teleconference with the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces
First, about the progress of the special military operation.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to liberate Donbass. Recently Maiorsk, Pavlovka, Opytnoye, Andreevka, Belogorovka Yuzhnaya and Kurdyumovka have come under the Russian control.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' troops and equipment were severely damaged in Lugansk–Donetsk and South Donetsk directions.
Enemy losses in November amounted to over 8,300 troops, five aircraft, ten helicopters, 149 tanks, and over 300 armoured fighting vehicles.
The Russian Armed Forces are launching massive, long-range, precision-guided strikes against the military administration, defence industry complex enterprises, and related facilities to crush Ukraine's military potential.
Russia's troops are taking all measures to ensure the safety of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The Kiev regime, for its part, is attempting to create the impression of a nuclear disaster by deliberately shelling the site.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have fired 33 large-calibre shells at the station in the last two weeks alone.
Russian Air Defence systems intercept most of Ukraine's weapons.
However, some of them have an impact on infrastructure that are critical to the safe running of a nuclear power station. Russia classifies these Ukrainian attacks as nuclear terrorism.
The Russian Armed Forces will continue to protect critical facilities in the liberated territories.
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On 1 December, a new training year commenced in the Armed Forces.
The primary emphasis will be on improving the professional skills of all military personnel while taking into account the experience of the special military operation.
The planned activities will maintain the high intensity of combat training and ensure that the troops can complete all of the assigned tasks.
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The thematic part of our session.
Let us first look at the process of developing a unified system of military-patriotic education.
In recent years, we have managed to establish an effective mechanism of state support for military-patriotic work.
The YUNARMIYA movement works within the framework of the 'Patriotic Upbringing of Russian Federation Citizens' federal project.
The Russian Ministry of Defence has allocated a targeted subsidy for projects that prepare young people for military service.
This has ensured the movement's steady growth and significantly improved the quality of the events held.
The Yunarmiya members have been actively assisting our troops from the beginning of the special military operation. Providing targeted aid to families of Donbass troops and children, as well as patriotic campaigns, have become important components of the Yunarmiya's activity.
We have greatly increased our training and material resources to assure the success of military-patriotic work:
• the number of YUNARMIYA houses in the Russian regions almost doubled in a year;
• the establishment of regional Avangard centres is being completed;
• a network of such centres is being established in cities with a population of a hundred or so.
Today, we'll take a closer look at the outcomes of these efforts.
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Let us now look at the progress of the Russian Defenсe Ministry's Highways Project.
It was launched in 2019 together with the Ministry of Transport as part of the national project "Safe High-Quality Roads".
In four years of work, a large proportion of the Ministry of Defence's roads connecting military infrastructure with public roads have been brought up to standard.
Priority was given to garrisons with the highest concentration of military personnel and their families.
Furthermore, the troops' fleet of road construction equipment has been significantly expanded, ensuring that the planned work can be completed without interruption next year.
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Another major topic is the status of accidents involving military vehicles. This year, the military police escorted 18,000 military convoys with military and special equipment, checked 140,000 vehicles and inspected 1,900 military units for the prevention of road accidents.
The troops held 2,800 personnel training sessions, an all-Army campaign called "For Road Safety," and a variety of other monitoring and preventive measures to reduce road accidents.
The measures taken have reduced accident rates by 6% and prevented accidents at Russian military bases abroad.
To conclude the thematic part, let us look at the current year's status of military aviation safety.
New and upgraded aircraft are still being delivered to the troops.
Our experts are effectively mastering it, which substantially contributes to maintaining a high degree of flight safety.
Because aircraft are actively used in the special military operation, the primary effort in preventing air accidents is focused on maintaining and improving the professionalism of flight and engineering personnel.
I would like to point out that thanks to the successful implementation of the comprehensive accident prevention plan, the number of accidents has been kept to a minimum.