Speaking at a meeting with senior army officers on Tuesday, Shoigu said the state-owned Tactical Missile Company was fulfilling its contracts on time, but added: “There is now a need to double production high-precision weapons in the shortest possible time. time.”
Analysts are trying to find out if Russia is running out of high-precision ammunition as its missile strikes targeting Ukraine are becoming less frequent and smaller in size.
And the British Ministry of Defense stressed in an assessment on Tuesday that “logistical problems remain at the heart of Russia’s stalled campaign in Ukraine”, adding that “Moscow does not have enough ammunition to carry out the offensive “.
On Monday, the White House said it estimated that since December alone, Russia had suffered 100,000 casualties, including more than 20,000 deaths, while Ukraine repelled a fierce attack by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. ‘Ukraine.
But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Washington’s latest estimates of Russia’s losses in Ukraine were “baseless”.
A US National Security Council spokesman, John Kirby, said Washington’s estimates are based on recently declassified US intelligence information, and he did not explain how US intelligence obtained this statistic.
coming attack
• Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces say they are preparing for their counter-offensive, stockpiling munitions to keep them along potentially long supply lines.
• Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Monday that the “fundamental things” for the success of the attack are “the availability of weapons, equipped and trained personnel, our defenders and defenders who know their plan of the best they can, as well as supplying this attack with all the necessary things; shells, ammunition, fuel and protection, etc.
• Reznikov added in televised remarks: “Today we are entering a phase where we can say: Yes, everything is ready.”
Over the past few months, in the dead of winter, the conflict has largely devolved into a war of attrition that has resulted in dwindling ammunition stocks on both sides. Kremlin forces have targeted vital infrastructure in Ukraine with long-range strikes, while Kiev focused on Russian targets with precise artillery provided by its Western allies.
And in February, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that Ukraine was using munitions much faster than its allies could provide.
According to some estimates, Ukraine was firing between 6,000 and 7,000 artillery shells a day at the time, about a third of the daily amount that Russia had been using for almost a year in the war.
Officials said sporadic overnight Russian shelling continued to hit Ukrainian areas early Tuesday morning, and authorities said at least 7 civilians were injured in the attacks.
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