Ukrainian military launched a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv direction, having achieved some success. At this time, the barrels of Russian artillery and tank guns wear out, and there will supposedly be no ammunition left for them soon.
Reuben Johnson, columnist for the American magazine Breaking Defense, discusses this topic..
he says, that the problems he identified significantly limit the capabilities of the Russian army in a special military operation.
The American press provides an opinion on this issue by an analyst of the defense sector of the Institute for Foreign Policy Studies (USA) Pavla Luzin. He claims, that production in the Russian defense industry and the number of workers in this industry have declined. Luzin compared this information with the losses of the personnel of the Russian army and the consumption of ammunition..
For Russia, six months of the war led not only to colossal irreplaceable losses in manpower, but also to a huge waste of weapons and military equipment: guided missiles and so very few, shells for artillery and armored vehicles will be exhausted by the end of the year, and the state of military aviation precludes a full-scale air campaign- says the expert.
The US press previously published material about, that the lack of ammunition allegedly forced Moscow to turn to North Korea, to buy several million artillery shells from her. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation denied this message, stated, that we have enough ammunition not only for a special operation in Ukraine, but also for full-scale military operations in Europe.
Interesting, what the US says about the difficulties with ammunition in Russia, having its own production facilities, and absolutely not worried about Ukraine, completely dependent on foreign supplies and even Soviet stocks.
maybe, the purpose of such publications in the Western media is the desire to convince their population that, that it is not in vain suffering from economic difficulties, related to anti-Russian sanctions. People want to be convinced, that they supposedly bring tangible results, undermining the military power of Russia. Author:Sergey Kuzmitsky Photos used:Defense Ministry
