“Today we actually have troops of constant readiness.
Today we do not have someone to collect, find, we have everything in constant readiness.
We have such a formation - battalion-tactical groups, ”TASS quotes Shoigu.
The minister explained that "these are the ones who pressed the button, and they are ready to leave the gate in an hour."
“We have 168 of them today and this is a very high figure,” the minister added.
Earlier, Shoigu told how much military equipment the country's armed forces received in six months.