Putin gets twice-daily detailed briefings from Joint Group command on progress in Ukraine operation - Shoigu

MOSCOW. July 11 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin hears detailed reports from the group command and separate commandants and commanders on the progress in fighting in Ukraine twice a day, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

"I want especially to stress that, despite his busy schedule, the Supreme Commander-in-chief gets twice daily detailed briefings on the situation from the command of the joint grouping and from separate commandants and commanders. In detail, on each direction," Shoigu told reporters.