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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said today that Russia had deliberately slowed down its military campaign in Ukraine, which he said was dictated by the need to reduce civilian casualties, Reuters reported.

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He participated in a meeting in Uzbekistan of defense ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Every effort is made to avoid civilian casualties.

Of course, this slows down the pace of the offensive, but we do it deliberately, Shoigu pointed out. 

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Russian troops have made little progress in recent months after being pushed out of Kyiv in the first weeks of the war, Reuters noted.

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