Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces

{{Short description|Russian Armed Forces' unified technical and logistical support service}}

{{Expand Russian|topic=mil|Материально-техническое обеспечение Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации}}

{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces

| native_name = Материально-техническое обеспечение Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации

| image = 209x209px

| caption = Great Emblem

| identification_symbol_2 = 209x209px

| identification_symbol_2_label = Middle Emblem

| dates = 2010 – present

| country = Russian Federation

| branch = Russian Armed Forces

| type =

| role =

| command_structure = Ministry of Defence

| garrison = Moscow

| nickname =

| patron = Joseph Volotsky

| motto = "Никто лучше нас!'' (Nobody is better than us!)

| march =

| anniversaries = 1 August{{Cite web |url=http://xn--d1acaykgvdf0he1a.xn--90anlfbebar6i.xn--p1ai/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12188709@egNews |title=День тыла военнослужащие подразделений МТО Центрального военного округа встретили на полигоне : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации |access-date=2022-07-12 |archive-date=2021-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125160406/http://xn--d1acaykgvdf0he1a.xn--90anlfbebar6i.xn--p1ai/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12188709@egNews |url-status=dead }}

| battles = Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

| website = https://mto.ric.mil.ru/

| commander1 = Lieutenant General Andrey Bulyga

| identification_symbol = 125px

| identification_symbol_label = Flag

}}

Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces ({{langx|ru|Материально-техническое обеспечение Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации}}, literally Materiel-Technical Support) or MTO are a unified system of command and control bodies, institutions and other military organizations that provide technical and logistical support for all branches of the Russian Armed Forces.{{cite web | last=Новости | first=РИА | title=В зоне СВО оснастили защитой от дронов более тысячи единиц бронетехники | website=РИА Новости | date=2024-04-08 | url=https://ria.ru/20240408/zaschita-1938469926.html | language=ru | access-date=2024-05-11}} The MTO system of the Russian Armed Forces combines 2 previously independent types of comprehensive support: technical and logistical, both of which existed in the structure of the Rear of the Russian Armed Forces up until it was dissolved in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://old.redstar.ru/2010/12/29_12/2_05.html|title=Архивир ванная копия|access-date=2018-07-12|archive-date=2020-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814021757/http://old.redstar.ru/2010/12/29_12/2_05.html|url-status=unfit}} The management of Logistical Support is entrusted to the central bodies of military command, subordinate to the Deputy Minister of Defence.{{cite web|url=http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;1293380|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27 июля 2010 года № 941 "О заместителях Министра обороны Российской Федерации"|date=2010-07-27|publisher=Kremlin.ru|access-date=2013-09-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000107/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;1293380|archive-date=2013-12-31}}{{Cite web|date=2011-02-25|title=Замминистра обороны Дмитрий Булгаков стал генералом армии|url=https://ria.ru/20110225/338792336.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=РИА Новости|language=ru}}

Deputy Defence Minister for logistics Army General Dmitry Bulgakov was replaced by Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, the previous head of the MoD's National Defence Management Center.{{Cite web |title=Mikhail Mizintsev appointed deputy defense minister for logistics |url=https://tass.com/defense/1512695 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=TASS}}

Mizintsev was then replaced during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He left the Armed Forces for the Wagner PMC. Colonel General Alexey Kuzmenkov was appointed deputy minister of defence for logistics, Western media sources reported on 30 April 2023.{{cite news|last1=Pannett|first1=Rachel|last2=Timsit|first2=Annabelle|last3=Parker|first3=Nick|last4=Brasch|first4=Ben|title=Ukraine live briefing: Russia blames Ukraine for drone attack on Crimea fuel depot|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=30 April 2023|accessdate=30 April 2023|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/30/russia-ukraine-war-news/}} On 11 March 2024, Lieutenant General Andrey Bulyga was appointed as Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation for Logistics and director of the service.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/society/507882-putin-tretij-raz-s-nacala-specoperacii-smenil-zamministra-oborony-po-matobespeceniu|title=Путин третий раз с начала «спецоперации» сменил замминистра обороны по матобеспечению|lang=ru|work=Forbes|date=2024-03-11}}

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