Sergei Shoigu

Quotes

• “They say that we are engaged in the militarization of the country, so that everyone would walk in formation there. This, of course, is far from the case.”
• “I would not speak about Ukraine as a threat. I think that Ukraine and the Ukrainian people is a brotherly nation. They are not just our neighbors, we are a single people.”
• “The main goal for us is to protect the Russian Federation from the military threat posed by Western countries that are trying to use the Ukrainian people in the fight against our country.”
• “During the special operation, we strictly adhere to the norms of humanitarian law. The strikes are carried out with high-precision weapons against the objects of the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – control points, airfields, warehouses, fortified areas, objects of the military-industrial complex. At the same time, everything is done to avoid casualties among peaceful citizens, of course, it slows down the pace of the offensive, but we do it deliberately.”
• “Ukraine lost half of the army: 61,207 dead, 49,368 wounded.”
• “Losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - 5937 people.”

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Key dates

Born

21 May 1955

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Sergey

Named after

Sergius of Radonezh

Gender

male

Citizenship

Russia

Place of birth

Tuva

Father

Kuzhuget Shoigu

Sibling

Larisa Flamenbaum

Occupation

minister

Employer

Security Council of Russia

Political party

Unity

Languages spoken

Japanese

Religion

Eastern Orthodoxy

Participant in

Russian annexation of Crimea

Conflict

Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)

Military branch

Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia

Military rank

general

Image

Official portrait of Sergey Shoigu with awards (cropped).jpg

Number of children

+2

Residence

Russia

Significant event

Wagner Group–Russian Ministry of Defence conflict

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