OREANDA-NEWS  Russian President Vladimir Putin called the participants of the special military operation in Ukraine the next change of the country's leadership. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

The head of state discussed this during a meeting with the leaders of political party factions in the State Duma.

"This will be our shift. We have to think about that. And thank you for nominating such people," the president said.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin stated that the young participants of the SVR show by their example the most important moral guidelines. He said that young people prove with their lives what an all-conquering power lies in the love of the Fatherland.