The Deputy Defense Minister compared the nutrition of the Russian military with the diet of astronauts.

The food set of Russian military personnel is superior in quality to the cosmonauts' ration. This was announced on November 8 by the head of the rear of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Deputy Defense Minister, Colonel—General Valery Solodchuk.

"The general idea is to preserve the caloric content and nutritional value, to provide vitamins. Surely you've seen a cosmonaut food package somewhere. Our recruitment is now better than that of the cosmonauts," the Zvezda TV channel quotes him as saying.

Solodchuk explained that this is necessary both for the delivery of food by drones and to reduce the burden on military personnel who have to walk from 20 to 40 km. He noted that in the face of the threat from drones, the supply of advanced units must be organized without direct human involvement.

For this purpose, the troops are provided with dehydrators and vacuum cleaners, which make it possible to produce dried and dried products. The Deputy minister clarified that 147 types of food are currently used to form the diet of military personnel. In addition, each fighter is provided with 59 to 62 items of personal belongings.Газета.Ru ".

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On November 8, Solodchuk also spoke about the transition to unmanned cargo delivery to the front line. According to him, the nature of the armed struggle has changed, so the military had to reconsider its approaches to logistics. One of the main tasks is to reduce the burden on the fighters and, if possible, exclude their participation in the delivery of goods to the front line.

He added that several thousand kilometers of routes have been set up for the safe delivery of goods. Intelligence, engineering units, air defense and electronic warfare forces, as well as security and curfew units are involved in their protection. Special attention is paid to the protection of warehouses and arsenals.