The Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, stated that Russia must bring the "special military operation" to a "victorious end" so that no one can later revise or cancel its results. "Kommersant" said: "We must bring the special military operation to a victorious end to the end and put an end to it so that no one will hide and try to turn everything back again," - during a visit to the Northwestern Federal Region. Medvedev said at the opening. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the number of Russian troops in the combat zone exceeds 700,000. At the end of August, Medvedev announced that "in the foreseeable future" Russia � expects to achieve victory in a special military operation. The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces also claimed that the rate of advancement of Russian troops in the combat zone is not slowing down.