of the ground-based missile systems being developed today.

“I instruct the Deputy Minister of Defence Alexei Yuryevich Krivoruchko to launch relevant development work within the framework of funds allocated for state defence orders for 2019 and the planned period 2020–2021 by redistributing funds for the implementation of these works,” the head of the military department ordered.

The next issue on the agenda concerned elimination of the effects of the landslide at the Bureya reservoir.

As General of the Army Sergei Shoigu noted, the strongest landslide that occurred in December in the Khabarovsk Territory caused a large rock mass collapse, and as a result, a part of the reservoir of the Bureyskaya HPP was blocked. A number of settlements were under the threat of flooding during the spring floods.

The President of theRussian Federation instructed to attract the forces and means of the Ministry of Defence to clear the Bureya reservoir.

To address this complex task, an operational group was created under the leadership of Deputy Defence Minister General of the Army Dmitry Bulgakov.

As the head of the military department emphasized, in less than a day, a self-sufficient group was formed, which included material, technical and medical support units, engineering troops and signal troops of the Eastern Military District.

In total, more than 400 military personnel are involved, as well as about 30 pieces of military and special equipment, including manned and unmanned aircraft.

Significant amounts of ammunition and explosives were used.

According to the Minister of Defence, despite the most difficult climatic conditions and the lack of transport infrastructure, the jam has been