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on september 18, local time, russian president vladimir putin hosted a video conference on the development of russian armed forces under special military operations.

putin said that russia attaches great importance to the equipment renewal of the army, including using the experience of the russian army in special military operations to modernize and improve the strategic and tactical characteristics of the current weapons and equipment, and developing new high-tech armed equipment. russia is implementing a military equipment renewal plan, and the troops will no longer receive a single weapon, but a series of weapons and equipment including modern high-precision weapons, armored vehicles, aviation weapons, reconnaissance systems, anti-artillery systems, control and communication systems, and diversified drones.

putin also said that the presidential decree recently announced on determining the strength of the russian armed forces will take effect on december 1, mainly referring to the standing army of russia's newly established military districts.

on september 16, putin signed a presidential decree to increase the strength of the russian armed forces to 2,389,130, of which 1.5 million are military personnel.

in february this year, putin signed a presidential decree to establish the leningrad military district and the moscow military district. (cctv reporter song yao)