As stated in the message on the website of the Ministry of Defense, during the meeting Shoigu recalled that on November 1-3, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a number of meetings in Sochi with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and defense industry enterprises, during which measures were considered to adequately respond to changes in the situation near the borders of Russia ...
It is noted that at the meetings much attention was paid to improving the aerospace defense system of Russia.
Shoigu said that the president placed special emphasis on the importance of the advanced development of domestic air defense-missile defense systems, as well as "the supply of S-350, S-500, S-550 systems to the armed forces."
In September, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov spoke about the completion of state tests of the S-500 anti-aircraft missile system and the beginning of the first deliveries of this complex.