An image from the Russian Defense Ministry of the minister, Sergei K. Shoigu, right, arriving in Vladivostok on Saturday with Kim Jong-un of North Korea, center.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/world/asia/kim-jong-un-north-korea-russia.html

FILE - In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, a Ka-52 helicopter gunship of the Russian air force fires rockets at a target at an unknown location in Ukraine.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/russia-ukraine-war-will-there-be-a-spring-counteroffensive/article_930cde03-b379-5846-a8db-ab06cef450e8.html

FILE - In this handout photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, a Ka-52 helicopter gunship fires rockets at a target at an unknown location in Ukraine.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/russia-is-turning-to-old-ally-north-korea-to-resupply-its-arsenal-for-the-war/article_4d749c57-6890-50c3-8581-8cb2624faea1.html

In September 2022, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said 5,937 troops had been killed in the war.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/12/02/russia-to-boost-size-of-army-by-15-to-1-32-million/

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Aircraft of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet destroyed four military boats carrying Ukrainian landing groups of up to 50 people in the waters of the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said early Wednesday.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/world-news/russias-forces-destroy-four-ukraine-military-vessels-carrying-up-to-50-fighters-in-black-sea/

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian forces have repelled five attempts by Ukrainian troops to attack in the Krasnolymanskaja direction, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/world-news/russian-troops-repel-five-ukrainian-attempts-to-attack/

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian forces have destroyed the last Ukrainian warship in the port of Odessa, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/world-news/latin-america/russian-forces-destroy-last-ukrainian-warship/

On June 10, the Russian Defense Ministry ordered all volunteer detachments would have to sign formal Kremlin contracts by July 1. This would essentially bring Wagner under direct control.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1784567/what-putin-do-next-wagner-mutiny-spt

On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced another reshuffle as criticism mounts over its handling of the stalled campaign.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1721164/Vladimir-Putin-military-commanders-Ukraine-Russia-war-Gerasimov-invasion-latest

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu threatened to respond to similar attacks “promptly and with extreme harshness.”

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/focus/ukraine-invade-russia

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu traveled to Mariupol and toured some of the city’s rebuilt infrastructure, the Defense Ministry reported Monday.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/03/06/russians-close-on-bakhmut-as-ukraine-vows-to-hold-fast/

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu tried to convince North Korea to sell munitions to Moscow when he visited Pyongyang last week, a White House official said Thursday.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/politics/u.s.-says-russia%27s-defense-chief-asked-n.-korea-to-sell-munitions

Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the Imperator Alexander III strategic missile cruiser fired the Bulava missile from an underwater position in Russia’s northern White Sea and hit a target in the far-eastern region of Kamchatka.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-world/belarus-claims-to-have-received-tactical-nuclear-weapons-from-ally-russia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=belarus-claims-to-have-received-tactical-nuclear-weapons-from-ally-russia

The Russian Defense Ministry cited an alleged Ukrainian drone attack Saturday (Oct. 29, 2022) against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ships moored off occupied Crimea as the reason for the move.

Source: https://drgnews.com/2023/03/21/russia-open-to-ukraine-grain-exports-but-demands-conditions/

The Russian Defense Ministry said late Saturday that Ukrainian forces fired 15 cruise missiles at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, with at least two striking a ship and the shipyard.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/10075026/ukraine-russia-award-ceremony-strike/

The Russian Defense Ministry said preparations are underway for Wagner to hand over its heavy weapons to the Russian military.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/0627/Prigozhin-s-great-escape-or-Putin-s-display-of-power?icid=rss

The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian aircraft bombed two industrial sites in the Russian-controlled city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine with UK-supplied Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles.

Source: https://www.mutiny.in/ukraine-used-british-missiles-to-attack-luhansk-moscow-news-of-the-war-between-russia-and-ukraine/

When asked if he would switch contracts from Wagner to the Russian Defense Ministry, Prapor did not answer.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/world/europe/russia-wagner-prigozhin-future.html