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Ukrainian strikes have forced Russia to reduce its ammo use, Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
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The Ukrainian leader said that Russia's use of shells “has decreased significantly” for months.
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Ukraine has been hitting military bases, oil facilities, and factories deep inside Russia for months.
Ukraine's military chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that Russia has scaled back its artillery deployment in recent months due to Ukrainian strikes on the Kremlin's production facilities.
“For several months now, the cost levels of artillery weapons in the Russian army have decreased significantly,” Syrskyi told Ukrainian broadcaster TSN in a statement. an interview published on Sunday.
“This is a vivid example,” Syrskyi said. “If the figure previously reached up to 40,000 rounds per day, it is now significantly lower.”
Syrskyi blamed the decline on Ukraine's attacks on “industrial enterprises” that manufacture weapons, missile parts, and other weapons on Russian soil.
His comments come as Ukraine has increasingly reported that it has been conducting long-term strikes on Russian oil facilities, weapons factories, and military bases across the border.
On Tuesday, Kyiv said they had launched it “The biggest attack” on Russian targets with missiles and drones, including hits on a fuel storage facility for bombers and a factory that makes rocket parts and artillery ammo.
Russia's defense ministry said it shot down nearly 150 drones that evening, giving an indication of the scale of the operation.
Ukraine says its attacks on Russian facilities are continuing, with another report of a strike on a gunpowder factory in the Tambov region on Thursday.
The monthly pattern of prolonged attacks is emerging Kyiv's ability to break through air defenses and hit resources deep inside Russian territory.
Some of their most famous strikes occurred when Ukraine attacked three military bases in Krasnodar and Tver in September, areas hundreds of miles behind the border.
The UK ministry of defense said at the time that at least one of these bases had lost 30,000 tonnes of ammunition, saying the three strikes had caused the the largest Russian and North Korean military losses until that time in the war.
North Korea has been supplying artillery systems and millions of shells to Russia from early 2024.
Any pressure on Russia's ammo production and stockpiles is likely to be important to the war as analysts say it is becoming increasingly clear what has happened on the battlefield. depending on the size of weapons and manpower available on both sides.
To meet the demands of the war, Russia's defense sector has risen to incredible levels when considering its total cost. Its defense budget grew from $59 billion in 2022 to $109 billion in 2023. The Kremlin plans spend about 13.5 trillion rublesor about $131 billion now, on defense in 2025.
That is almost a third of its total federal budget and is up from 10.8 trillion rubles in 2024.
Russia's defense ministry did not respond to a request for comment sent outside normal business hours by Business Insider.
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