Moscow: Russian President VladimirPutinon Fridaydiscussedthewarin Ukrainewith hismilitarytopbrassincluding Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Staff Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff.
Pictures released by the Kremlin showedPutinatmeetingwith Shoigu, Gerasimov and General Sergei Rudskoy, head of the General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate, at the southernmilitarygrouping’s headquarters in Rostov.
“The supreme commander in chief was shown new models ofmilitaryequipment,” the Kremlin said.
“The head of state heard reports on the progress of the specialmilitaryoperation.”
Putinlast month visited themilitaryheadquarters in Rostov, where Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin began a failed mutiny in June.
(Published 10 November 2023, 09:10 IST)