The TASS news agency reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, that "Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu visited the headquarters of the Central Army Group involved in the Ukrainian conflict" today, Friday. It added: "The group's commander, Andrei Mordvichev, briefed Shoygu on the current situation without disclosing the location of the meeting."
The agency clarified that "he inspected a Swedish infantry vehicle of the 'CV-90' model that was left behind by Ukrainian soldiers after being targeted, and Shoygu was informed about the defects of the Swedish vehicle." Shoygu's visit came days after General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff and commander of Russian military efforts in Ukraine, visited the front line.