Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin Mishustin MikhailPrime Minister of the Russian Federation, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin VyacheslavChairman of the State Duma, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino Vaino AntonChief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev NikolaiAide to the President, Defence Minister Andrei Belousov Belousov AndreiDefence Minister of the Russian Federation, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Serviceand Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.

Today we will discuss new tactical solutions implemented in the course of the special military operation.

Defence Minister Andrei Belousov is currently at one of the control centres, and will participate via videoconference.

Go ahead, please.

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