Published on: 2026-10-02
Source: Government of the Russian Federation –
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First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, during a working trip to the Rostov region, participated in a ceremony handing over 85 vehicles and other necessary items to military personnel. The event was attended by the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov, the region’s governor Yuri Slyusar, and the head of the People’s Front executive committee Mikhail Kuznetsov.
“Today we have another handover of equipment and property to servicemen, which the Government and the All-Russia People’s Front carry out on the President’s instructions. More than 80 units of transport and special equipment will be sent to the units to increase mobility, transportation of personnel and cargo, medical and engineering support. In addition, the prepared batch includes communication and surveillance equipment, individual gear and equipment, laptops. All this property is in high demand by the Front, and when forming a new batch, we always rely on specific requests from specific units. This logic of deliveries has been in place since 2023, and during this time more than 7,000 vehicles and much other necessary nomenclature have already been distributed to various troop groupings. The purchase and transfer of more than one and a half thousand units of equipment is planned by the end of 2026,” said Denis Manturov.
Off-road vehicles “Niva” and “UAZ”, trucks “KamAZ” and “GAZ-66”, motorcycles, minibuses, night vision devices, bulletproof vests, and camouflage nets were sent to military units. The People’s Front additionally equipped the transferred vehicles with individual kits for servicemen. Each vehicle was supplied to the fighters with night vision devices, Kevlar bulletproof vests, portable radios, backpacks for carrying drones, and other necessary items.
Some of the equipment provided is the result of the work of engineers from the People’s Front’s “Kulibin Club.” Ten “GAZ-66” vehicles (“pile drivers”) have been converted into multifunctional engineering complexes that allow multiple tasks to be performed simultaneously when setting up protective structures, reducing deployment time and the amount of equipment required for engineering work.
“Since the beginning of the special military operation, the residents and government of the Rostov region have delivered over 10 thousand tons of humanitarian aid to our defenders. In this work, businesses, enterprises, volunteer organizations, activists of the People’s Front, and thousands of caring residents of the Don have united. This common cause has brought everyone together around the main goal – supporting our warriors. I thank the fighters for their endurance, courage, and loyalty to duty. They carry out combat missions, and our obligation is to be a reliable rear and do everything necessary to help the front,” noted the Governor of the Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar.
In accordance with the President’s directive, the Government allocates the necessary funds, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade organizes the procurement and free transfer of vehicles to address the tasks of the special military operation.
The People’s Front handed over to the military a unique technical development by domestic inventors — engineering systems of triple purpose assembled on the basis of GAZ-66 vehicles, allowing for the rapid installation of road protection with a special mesh. The presidential movement has announced a collection called “For the pile drivers” to send the military sets of equipment that significantly accelerate the construction of defenses for frontline roads against enemy UAV attacks.
“The People’s Front is delivering 10 vehicles to the military, allowing a manyfold acceleration in the protection of roads at the front lines with corridors made from special nets. Such equipment is very much needed. According to our estimates, it is highly demanded at the front, as it greatly speeds up the installation process. And of course, this reduces the number of guys involved in this process, which means fewer wounded and fewer chances for the enemy to attack our troops. The pile drivers are a joint development by engineers from the ‘Kulibin Club’ of the People’s Front and military personnel from the drone systems troops, who are the first customers of this type of vehicle. We have given the ‘GAZ-66’ a new life. And today, the People’s Front announces a fundraiser ‘For the pile drivers.’ We must help the guys at the front and quickly manufacture as many sets of this equipment as possible. Visit the website pobeda.onf.ru, join this important task. Victory will be ours!” said Mikhail Kuznetsov, head of the executive committee of the People’s Front.
During his working visit, Denis Manturov also visited the Center for Micro- and Small-Scale Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, which was opened in 2026 at the Southern Federal University (SFU). The center was created to radically accelerate the cycle of development and production of new materials and chemical products for high-tech industries within the framework of the national project “New Materials and Chemistry.” It is equipped with equipment for the full production and testing cycle—from microfabrication zones (laser processing, CNC machines, 3D printing) and clean rooms for chip assembly to test farms and a computing cluster for artificial intelligence models and digital twins.
The First Deputy Prime Minister, in particular, visited the center of additive technologies, the membrane technologies sector, and also familiarized himself with the strategic projects of the Southern Federal University, Don State Technical University, and the South-Russian State Polytechnic University named after M.I. Platov.
In conclusion, Denis Manturov discussed at the meeting with the governor of the Rostov region the further development of the region’s industrial enterprises and the implementation of key investment projects. Yuri Slyusar asked about the possibility of relocating the headquarters of the Helicopters of Russia holding to Rostov-on-Don, where the flagship enterprise of Russian helicopter manufacturing is located. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin had given the directive to move the offices of large Russian companies to the regions.
Denis Manturov noted that this proposal deserves attention. “It is neither reasonable nor possible to relocate everything for obvious reasons, considering the competencies already developed in Lyubertsy. We are talking about a unified engineering center. After all, the main part of the design potential is concentrated there. But for certain holding components, including to generate additional tax revenues in the region, I believe it is advisable to do this. We will need to work this out together with Rostec. This does not even require Government instructions. We will support and implement this within the corporation,” said Denis Manturov.
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