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Today we are at war not only with Ukraine and the Ukrainian army, but with the collective West.

— Sergei Shoigu

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"300 тысяч резервистов призовут в армию: Сергей Шойгу объяснил, как пройдет частичная мобилизация в России" (In Russian; "300 thousand reservists will be drafted into the army: Sergei Shoigu explained how partial mobilization will take place in Russia"), Komsomolskaya Pravda, 21 September 2022

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They say that we are engaged in the militarization of the country, so that everyone would walk in formation there. This, of course, is far from the case.

We have achieved a high level of interaction between our armed forces on land, in the air and at sea. This increase is an important trend towards further activity.

Victory, like the New Year, is inevitable.

I would not speak about Ukraine as a threat. I think that Ukraine and the Ukrainian people is a brotherly nation. They are not just our neighbors, we are a single people.

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Speech at the opening ceremony of the VI Moscow Conference on International Security (2017)

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