President Putin spent some of this Russia Day speaking with veterans of the special military operation. The discussions ranged from the topic of new weaponry and defense equipment to issues facing veterans and the wounded from the military operation. The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Defense, Andrei Belousov.
Putin assured the soldiers that they were working to expand Russia’s satellite system to better discover and stop possible threats from drones and other vehicles. “I have already said that we have such a system. It is in place, and it is being implemented. The issue is scaling it up, and that takes time, but it is in place and it is operational. The issue is expanding the satellite constellation. And that expansion is underway. Just recently, we had another launch…We launched another 16 satellites. That, of course, is absolutely insufficient. But the most important thing is that the problem has been solved technologically and intellectually.”
