Putin promises to build up military potential

Russia will continue to increase the potential of the armed forces and all structures responsible for the security of the country. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a solemn meeting dedicated to the Defender Day of the Fatherland, the Kremlin press service reports .

"The new, modern appearance of the armed forces is sequentially formed, the quality of the troops and their combat training management has significantly improved, the potential of the airborne defense, the Navy, and the troops are equipped with advanced weapons," Putin said. "And we will continue to increase the potential of the armed forces, all structures responsible for the country's safety."

Putin also promised to improve the living conditions of the military. "We will improve the system of housing and medical support, create a modern and comfortable infrastructure of military towns and generally increase the social status of our military personnel," he said.

The success of the modernization of the Armed Forces, according to the president, "directly depends on competence and perseverance, on the ability to progressively think and the ability to effectively achieve the goals of" precisely officers, commanders of all levels.

On December 26, Putin, at a final meeting with members of the government, said that Russia puts a new generation of mine -based mineral missile systems for combat duty . “This is such a New Year’s news, a small secret. You know that recently we have launched the boat for another new, atomic cruiser. And now we have started setting a new generation of mineral missile systems on duty,” Putin said.

On December 23, it was reported that the Navy adopted the second nuclear submarine of project 955 "Borea" under the name Alexander Nevsky. In addition, Putin previously reported that next year the Arsenals of the Strategic Missile Forces will be replenished with 22 intercontinental ballistic missiles of ground -based. According to the source of the agency, we are talking about Yars missiles.

On December 19, at a large press conference, the president said that Iskander-M missile systems are a response to European missile defense , and not the most effective and not the only one. Iskander is not the only way of our protection and reaction to the threats that we see around us. Iskander is only one of the elements of a possible answer, far from the most effective, although in its segment this is the most effective weapon in the world, ”Putin said.

Putin noted that Russia's representatives "have talked many times about what about the threat to us, the threat of our nuclear potential." “One way or another we will have to respond to this. And my predecessor still spoke about this - as one of the options for responding to the Proxer complexes in the Kaliningrad region. There is nothing new here,” the president said. At the same time, he noted that the decision to place the Iskander in the Kaliningrad region has not yet been made. “We haven’t made such a decision yet. Let them calm down,” Putin said.