Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the command post of the joint group of Russian troops performing tasks as part of a special military operation in Ukraine.

This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

During the trip, the minister heard a report from the commander of the group, General of the Army Sergei Surovikin, on the current operational situation.

Surovikin reported to Shoigu about the nature of the enemy's actions and the performance of combat missions by Russian troops in various operational areas, the department noted.

Separately, the issues of providing all types of allowances for the military personnel who arrived in the group and were called up for military service as part of partial mobilization were discussed.

Along with this, the head of the Ministry of Defense presented the Russian military personnel with the Gold Star medal of the Hero of the Russian Federation, the Order of Courage and other state awards for their courage and heroism, the defense department noted.

Recall that Army General Sergei Surovikin was appointed commander of the troops in the special operation zone in Ukraine on October 8.

Previously, Surovikin served as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Also on russian.rt.com “The enemy does not leave attempts to attack the positions of the Russian troops”: Surovikin called the situation in the NVO zone tense

As part of the NWO tactics

During an interview on October 18, Sergei Surovikin spoke about the situation in the special military operation zone.

He emphasized that he considers the situation in the NVO zone to be tense against the backdrop of enemy attempts to attack the positions of Russian troops.

According to Surovikin, Kyiv is bringing to the forefront all available reserves, mainly represented by territorial defense forces that have not completed a full course of training.

Based on the data indicated by Surovikin, enemy losses per day reached from 600 to 1 thousand people killed and wounded.

The Russian military, in turn, adhere to a different tactic, said Surovikin.

According to him, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not strive for high rates of advance, they protect each soldier and methodically "grind" the advancing enemy.

As the commander of the joint group of forces emphasized, this approach allows us to minimize not only our own losses, but also significantly reduce the number of civilian casualties.

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In addition, as Surovikin stated at the time, Russian forces continued to strike with precision-guided weapons at military facilities and infrastructure facilities that affect the combat capability of Ukrainian troops. 

The course of the special operation

Earlier today, on November 8, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the progress of a special military operation.

As reported in the report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in the Kupyansk direction, as a result of the active actions of Russian troops and artillery fire, an attack by a motorized infantry battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repelled.

At the same time, two company tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit by army aviation strikes.

The total losses of the enemy in this direction per day amounted to more than 160 people.

At the same time, in the Krasnolimansky direction, the RF Armed Forces thwarted an attempted offensive by two battalion tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy lost over 100 servicemen, three tanks, five armored fighting vehicles.

In the South-Donetsk direction, the Russian military repelled two attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to counterattack.

As a result of the fire damage, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped and dispersed.

In the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, Russian units thwarted nine attempts to penetrate the sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the rear defense areas in a day.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 50 servicemen and nationalists, seven armored combat vehicles and ten vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed.