During his visit to the Obukhov plant in St. Petersburg, the President of Russia spoke with the workers of the enterprise.

Putin mentioned a number of factors that, in his opinion, underlie the upcoming victory of Russia as a result of a special military operation.

“This is the unity and cohesion of the Russian and, in general, the multinational Russian people, this is the courage and heroism of our soldiers in the framework of a special military operation and on the front line, and, of course, the work of the military-industrial complex, enterprises like yours, and people like you, and the entire economy,” he said.

The head of state expressed confidence that the basis for effective development and Russia's victory is formed, in particular, by industry, the state of public finances, the social sphere and healthcare.

“She is secured.

I have no doubts about that,” Putin said.

Along with this, the president spoke about the return of defense industry enterprises.

In particular, he mentioned that the volume of production in Russia of air defense missiles for various purposes is comparable to the total world production of such products.

Putin also said that the issue of deferment from military service for defense industry employees will be resolved in the near future.

The head of state recalled that defense industry workers were not subject to the partial mobilization that took place in the fall.

“Given that the defense industry is now loaded, and taking into account the fact that you work in three shifts and the products of defense industry enterprises are in high demand, we are now studying, looking at the possibility of granting a deferment to those who should be called up for military service,” the president said.

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The head of state also spoke about the situation in Ukraine, calling the current government in Kyiv neo-Nazi.

The Russian leader recalled that Ukraine is glorifying Stepan Bandera, whom the president called an accomplice of Hitler.

“We have every reason to call the current regime neo-Nazi and we have every reason to help with the help of the armed forces those people who consider themselves part of Russian culture, native speakers of the Russian language, value this just as much as their culture and their tradition,” Putin said.

During a meeting on the same day with veterans of the Great Patriotic War and those who survived the siege of Leningrad, Putin also spoke about the NWO.

He recalled that the fighting in the Donbass has been going on since 2014 and Russia is doing everything to stop this war.

“Everything we are doing today, including in a special military operation, is an attempt to stop this war.

That's the point of our operation.

And to protect our people who live there, in these territories," the president said.

As the head of state noted, the Russian side was "led by the nose."

“Nevertheless, we have done everything possible to resolve this situation by peaceful means.

Now it has become obvious that this was, by definition, impossible,” he said.

Archival documents of the Ministry of Defense on the anniversary of the breaking of the blockade of Leningrad

On Wednesday, January 18, Putin took part in commemorative events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the breaking of the blockade of Leningrad.

The head of state visited the Nevsky Piglet memorial military-historical complex in the Leningrad Region and laid a wreath at the Motherland monument.

On the anniversary of the breaking of the blockade of Leningrad, the Russian Ministry of Defense published a series of archival documents.

As recalled in the department, 80 years ago (January 18, 1943), in the south of Lake Ladoga, the first meeting of units of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts took place during the Iskra offensive operation, planned to break the blockade.

Within the framework of the project of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in particular, the order of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command by the commander of the troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts of December 8, 1942 was published.

This document set the strategic task of breaking the blockade of Leningrad.

Among other documents is the order to the troops of the Leningrad Front dated January 11, 1943 No. 8, in which the troops of the 67th Army are ordered to break through the blockade of the city.

“The troops of the 67th Army go on a decisive offensive, defeat the opposing enemy grouping and join forces with the troops of the Volkhov Front, which are coming towards us with battles, and thereby break the siege of the city of Leningrad,” the agency cites an excerpt from the document.

As stated in the political report on the military operations of the 67th Army of the Leningrad Front for the period from January 11 to 18, the soldiers and commanders of the Red Army enthusiastically met the order and expressed a burning desire to defeat the enemy.

In addition, the report of the political department of the Leningrad Front on the results of party political work in the battles to break the blockade of Leningrad on January 12-18, 1943 states that about 19 thousand soldiers of Leningrad and Volkhov were awarded orders and medals for their heroism, courage and courage. fronts, as well as the Baltic Fleet.

Of these, 25 were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.