[1/2] Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu delivers a speech at XI Moscow conference on international security in the Moscow region, Russia, August 15, 2023. Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of war crimes and cast Moscow's invasion as an imperial-style land grab. "In the special military operation, the Russian army has debunked many myths about the superiority of Western military standards," Shoigu said in a rare public speech, according to a text supplied by his ministry. Shoigu said he would share details about the weaknesses of Western weapons and that none were invulnerable. In remarks aimed at China, Shoigu said the West was intentionally stoking the situation around Taiwan, comparing the situation to the Ukraine war.

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Persons: Sergei Shoigu, Li Shangfu, Shoigu, Vladimir Putin's, Guy Faulconbridge, Conor Humphries Organizations: Russia's, XI Moscow, Russian Defence Ministry, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Cuban Missile Crisis, Russia, Reuters, British, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Ukrainian, Odesa, China, Taiwan