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Taking part in the meeting were First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko, Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Alexei Dyumin, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, Presidential Aide Andrei Fursenko, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Defence, Chair of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation to Support Participants in the Special Military Operation Anna Tsivileva, Chair of the State Council Commission for Supporting Combat Veterans – Participants in the Special Military Operation and their Family Members, Governor of the Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin, Minister of Labour and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov, Head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency Veronika Skvortsova, representatives of other federal ministries and agencies, State Duma deputies, heads of regions, public organisations, experts, and SMO veterans.

Alexei Dyumin stressed that much had been done to support SMO veterans and their relatives. However, there remain systemic and local issues related to certain categories of citizens, and these must be promptly addressed.

“As problems arise, the work continues to develop additional support measures. This work is pursued in an unrelenting manner. The regions have their practices, many of which deserve to be studied and disseminated.

But already today, we should be ready for a situation in which more veterans return home. Our duty is to give them full attention and care. This must be constant, and not a one-time affair. This should be the same as what is being done for veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

All these issues are discussed on the platform of the related State Council commission with the participation of representatives of federal authorities, regions, and experts.

The important thing is that this work involves our heroes themselves. I am referring to SMO veterans. A special thanks goes to you for your feat of valour and your personal involvement,” the State Council Secretary said.

Anna Tsivileva noted that the State Council was creating a roadmap to guide all authorities and agencies towards attaining the goals set by the President. She reported that the Foundation had managed to establish, during its two years in existence, a unique ecosystem of comprehensive support for SMO veterans and their family members, based on an individual approach and close inter-agency collaboration.

Participants in the event held thematic roundtables to discuss issues such as implementing federal and regional measures to support combat veterans – participants in the Special Military Operation and their family members; improving the mechanisms for providing support measures, including in electronic format; providing medical and psychological assistance, including treatment at health resorts; rehabilitating combat veterans – participants in the Special Military Operation (disabled persons), including by providing them with technical rehabilitation means (prosthetic care); retraining and employment; improving living conditions; involving veterans in military patriotic events and sports; adapting combat veterans – participants in the Special Military Operation and helping them to readjust socially, as well as other issues.