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The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation visited the zone of the special military operation to assess the current situation.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov made a working trip to the Northern Military District zone.
The commander of the "North" group, Colonel General Evgeniy Nikiforov, reported on the creation of a security zone in the border area of the Sumy and Kharkov regions.
MOSCOW, September 25 - RIA Novosti. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov made a working trip to the Northern Military District zone, the commander of the North group, Colonel General Yevgeny Nikiforov, reported to him on the creation of a security zone in the border area of the Sumy and Kharkov regions, the department reported.
“Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov, as part of a working trip to the area of military operations at the control point of one of the formations of the Sever group of forces, heard reports from commanders on the current situation in the areas of responsibility,” the message says.

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