Putin says effort underway to increase weapons production
Russia is working to increase its weapons production amid an "urgent" need, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
"Prosecutors should supervise the modernization of defense industry enterprises, including building up capacities for the production of an additional volume of weapons. A lot of effort is underway here," Putin said at a meeting of the Collegium of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
Putin added that the weapons, equipment and ammunition are "urgently" needed.
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-ABC News' Will Gretsky