Sergei Shoigu went to the area of the Russian operation in eastern Ukraine to inspect the infrastructure already rebuilt and present new sites in Mariupol.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the area of the Russian operation in Ukraine to inspect reconstruction work in the Donbass, the Russian military said in a statement on Monday.
This announcement comes at a time when the Russian army has already reported on Saturday an inspection carried out by Sergei Shoigu in a “command poston the front lines in eastern Ukraine as the battle for the hotly contested city of Bakhmout rages on.
Multiple projects
“As part of a trip to the area of the special military operation“, Sergei Shoigu conducted inspections on the infrastructure sites already rebuilt as well as on new sites in Mariupol, according to the press release which does not specify the date of this visit.
In Mariupol, the minister notably visited a medical center, a rescue center and a new residential area comprising twelve buildings, the statement continued, adding that he was also presented with a report on the construction of schools in this port city. , which had been under siege for several months before falling last May.
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A report on the construction of a major aqueduct supposed to connect the People’s Republic of Donetsk (DNR), in eastern Ukraine, to the Russian region of Rostov was also presented to Sergei Shoigu, according to the same source.
This visit comes as fierce fighting continues for control of Bakhmout, in the Donetsk region, a locality of limited strategic value but which has become a symbol because the two sides have been clashing there for months. At the end of December, Sergei Shoigu had made two such visits to the “special operation” in Ukraine.
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