President Vladimir Putin has held a meeting with Russia’s top brass in the command post of the Russian special military operation in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, the president’s press service told TASS

“The head of the state heard reports from Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and a number of military commanders,” the Kremlin said.

Putin has repeatedly visited the command post of the Russian special military operation in Rostov-on-Don. In particular, he held a meeting here and heard the military’s reports in the middle of March, at the same time when he visited Mariupol.

Meanwhile, the preparation of Putin’s visit to Istanbul continues, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main advisor Akif Cagatay Kilic told CNN Turk.

Source: Agencies