"The passing year will go down in the history of our motherland with new pages of feats of arms and incomparable bravery of Russian servicepeople. Our army has once again proved its invincibility. The ability to crush the enemy under any conditions. Despite all the hopes and assistance of the West," Shoigu said in his New Year's address to the military.
All the enemy's plans in the outgoing year failed thanks to the courage of Russian troops, Shoigu added.