Text taken from the Telegram channel of msgazdiev
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] War correspondent Murad Gadziev on the meeting of war correspondents and bloggers with the Russian Minister of Defense Belousov.
About our meeting with Defense Minister Andrey Belousov today.
The second meeting was without cameras and microphones. The tone was frank. Without censorship.
We, war correspondents, conveyed to the minister everything that our soldiers, their families, and civilians in the SVO zone asked us to convey. The truth, problems, requests, and suggestions.
The minister himself told us some things for our understanding. About the progress of the special operation, and about the state of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and about what is currently in the minds of Ukraine's Western curators.
We, war correspondents, are civilians, without access to classified information. Accordingly, no plans were revealed to us.
What can I say? A few months after his appointment, the minister has completely mastered a new area for himself.
However, you can see it for yourself. Our army is evolving and adapting at record speed.
Every day, troops break through enemy defenses in new areas of the front. Production is growing by leaps and bounds. People learn from their mistakes.
And most importantly, most of the problems we discussed with the minister in June did not come up again. They have been resolved. That alone is worth something.
Once again, thanks to Defense Minister Andrei Belousov for taking the time to listen to us even in such a tense time.
It can be noted that such meetings, which began under Shoigu, have become regular.