"With the aim of increasing combat capabilities and updating the fleet of equipment in 2020, military units and formations of the Ground Forces received more than 2.5 thousand new basic types of weapons, military and special equipment," he said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

Salyukov noted that modern anti-aircraft missile systems "Buk-M3", as well as the latest portable anti-aircraft missile systems "Verba" are being purchased for the air defense forces of the Ground Forces.

Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian Armed Forces will receive more than 3.4 thousand units of new and 1.3 thousand units of repaired equipment in 2021.