Sergei Shoigu: Russian military personnel retain the strategic initiative along the entire line of combat contact. The troops of the Kyiv regime lost over 23 thousand people killed and wounded in January, the Russian Defense Minister said during a thematic conference call with the leadership of the armed forces.

“Our units are moving forward, expanding zones of control, improving their position along the front line... Groups of Russian troops continue to solve the tasks set by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief,” the minister emphasized.