ST. PETERSBURG, January 18. /TASS/. The Russian defense industry is annually producing as much air defense missiles as all other manufacturers worldwide, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday at the meeting with workers of the Obukhovsky Plant.

"We, for example, are making air defense missiles that you are producing three times more annually than the US. Our defense industry in general is annually producing air defense missiles of various purposes in approximately the same numbers as all military industrial plants of the world do. Our production is comparable with global production," the President said.

"The victory of Russia is inevitable and the unity of the Russian nation, heroism of fighters in the special military operation and work of the defense industry are in its basis," Putin added.