Russia has a “significant shortage” of ammunition for its artillery and that could limit its operations in Ukraine in the future, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday, despite denials from Moscow.
‘Russians have been facing logistical problems from the start’ the invasion of Ukraine, and “they are still in a fragile situation with the logistics”Austin told a group of journalists aboard a military plane.
🇧🇷[Os russos] have a significant shortage of artillery rockets”, particularly due to the fact that Kiev has destroyed several reserves of Russian ammunition,” the Pentagon chief said.
Russia has used its artillery extensively since the beginning of the war, firing numerous rockets at Ukrainian troops before deploying to the ground.
“This kind of operation requires a lot of ammunition. I’m not sure [os russos] have enough to make this kind of situation possible in the future”Austin added.
The head of the Pentagon specified that there were Russian reserves of precision missiles “significantly reduced” in the nine months of war, and that Moscow will not soon be able to replace them because of the economic sanctions imposed on Russia, especially microprocessors.
At the same time, and through a message on Telegram, the Vice President of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev assured that, contrary to the expectations of the “enemies”, the country has sufficient reserves of weapons to continue the attacks.
“Enemies continue to carefully count our launches and reserves [de armamento]🇧🇷 They need to be better informed and not wait for our resources to run out.”said.
“Go on. There are [munições] enough for everyone!”ironed.
Medvedev said he visited a Russian state-owned company where he approached “an increase in the supply of high-precision weapons to the Russian armed forces”who also released a video in the complex with bombs and torpedoes, the official Russian agency TASS indicated.
This company, founded in 1969, is one of the largest in Russia in the production of torpedoes and bombs.
This Wednesday, Russia fired about 70 cruise missiles over various regions of Ukraine, shooting down 51, according to the Ukrainian military, despite these bombings leading to major interruptions in energy supplies.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on February 24 has already led to the flight of more than 13 million people, more than six million internally displaced people and more than 7.8 million to European countries, according to the latest UN data. to land. , which classifies this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the international community at large, which responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and Russia to impose political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented 6,595 dead civilians and 10,189 wounded as confirmed since the start of the war, underlining that these numbers are well below the real ones.
Source: DN
