Russian defence minister inspects combat zone in Ukraine: army

Russian defence minister inspects combat zone in Ukraine: army
by AFP Staff Writers
Moscow (AFP) Aug 4, 2023
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited a combat zone in Ukraine to inspect a command post and meet senior military officers, the army said Friday.

Shoigu got an update on the situation on the front and "thanked commanders and soldiers... for successful offensive operations" in Lyman in eastern Ukraine, it said, without mentioning when the visit took place.

Television images showed Shoigu in uniform listening to a report presented by General Andrey Mordvichev, the head of the Central Military Unit in Ukraine.

The minister was also shown getting on a Swedish CV90 -- "one of the many armoured vehicles taken during fighting", the army statement said.

Shoigu last visited the front at the end of June after a failed rebellion by the Russian paramilitary group Wagner fighting along with Moscow's forces in Ukraine.

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