“State awards on the front line were presented to the personnel by the commander of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces of the Guard, Colonel Evgeniy Tonkikh,” follows from the statement.
The military was awarded the Order of Courage, the insignia of the Order of St. George - the St. George Cross of the IV degree, as well as medals “For Courage”, “For Bravery”, Suvorov and Zhukov.
Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, congratulated military personnel and veterans on the Day of Engineering Troops, emphasizing that engineering barriers played a key role in thwarting the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The head of the Karbyshev Military Engineering Academy, Major General Andrei Kruglov, said that military engineers installed about 1.5 million “dragon teeth” on the contact line in the special operation zone.