Today, 20 September, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the leadership of the Russian defense industry.
The head of state emphasized, that domestic weapons continue to improve. Russian engineers are making adjustments, based on information, collected directly on the battlefield.
According to Vladimir Putin, The defense industry complex of the Russian Federation today makes an invaluable contribution to ensuring the security of Russia. In the same time, our weapons are highly popular among world importers. So, in the current year alone, the Russian defense industry exported products for about 6 billion. dollars.
Among other things, the President noted the high efficiency of the use of Russian weapons in the framework of the NMD in Ukraine, adding, that our weapons are not inferior to Western models.
At the same time, the President stressed, that NATO is currently sending most of its weapons stockpiles to Ukraine. Consequently, Russia has the opportunity to thoroughly study foreign samples, taken as trophies.
Finally, Vladimir Putin set the defense industry the task of delivering weapons to the troops in the shortest possible time. The president noted, that the Defense Industrial Complex of the Russian Federation is precisely that area, where import substitution programs should be fully implemented.
