We continued toВ actively develop cutting-edge weapons systems. Consequently, theВ share ofВ modern weapons exceeded 71 percent inВ theВ troops andВ 89 percent inВ theВ strategic nuclear forces. AndВ it is ofВ paramount importance that theВ Armed Forces efficiently andВ smoothly accomplish all ofВ their tasks inВ this challenging context.ДЇorВ example, work continued onВ theВ modernisation ofВ theВ Army andВ Navy onВ aВ grand scale. IВ would like toВ note right away that, just like 2020, theВ outgoing year has been something extraordinary, mostly due toВ theВ continued coronavirus pandemic. This is what we always do atВ theВ BoardвЂ™s annual meetings. Today, atВ theВ annual expanded meeting ofВ theВ Defence Ministry Board, we will discuss what has been accomplished inВ theВ field ofВ military development throughout 2021, what results have been achieved inВ theВ main areas, and, ofВ course, we will chart future tasks. We have always prioritised andВ still prioritise theВ development ofВ theВ Armed Forces andВ efforts toВ strengthen RussiaвЂ™s defence capability, andВ we will continue toВ do this inВ theВ future. President ofВ Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, comrade officers, Accompanied byВ Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, theВ President inspected promising samples ofВ weapons andВ logistical support ofВ theВ Russian armyВ вЂ“ advanced models ofВ armaments, equipment, communications, intelligence andВ control. Apart from theВ Armed Forces leadership, representatives ofВ bodies ofВ state power andВ public organisations, theВ meeting was attended byВ command officials from military districts, fleets andВ flotillas, military formations andВ units, asВ well asВ cadets andВ students ofВ theВ Russian Defence MinistryвЂ™s higher education institutions, who have been invited toВ attend forВ theВ first time.ДЇollowing theВ meeting, theВ President toured aВ theme exhibition dedicated toВ theВ Defence Ministry BoardвЂ™s final meeting inВ 2021.

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