Military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not hide their disappointment at the inaction of their Western allies.
The Ukrainian military is being forced to conserve ammunition due to cuts in Western military aid, including shells. The Ukrainian military told BBC journalists who visited the front line about it.
“At the height of the counteroffensive and even a few months ago, the ratio between the Russian and our artillery fire was for the most part 1:1 or more in our favor. Now we are firing a shell for every four to five shells Russia. fires,” – said the drone operator controlling artillery fire on the southern front line.
Moreover, the situation could become critical if Western countries withdraw their support and supplies stop, the soldiers said. Without ammunition, Western equipment would turn into scrap metal, fighters say.
“We really don’t have enough ammunition. If we had more ammunition, we would have been far from Klishchievka. No matter how many bullets we receive, we try to fire accurately,” said the commander of one of the batteries of the 22nd brigade with the call sign Horn.
At the same time, a fighter with the call sign Kent, fighting a Soviet 2S1 howitzer, Gvozdika explained that the military waits several hours before firing to make sure they have an important target. They will not waste ammunition on anything.
The publication notes that the lack of aid means huge losses for Ukraine. “They are soldiers – angry that their lives and sacrifices can be wasted because, as they say, Europe and the United States do not fully understand the importance of military support for Ukraine,” the material said.
“Our partners in the West must understand that if we do not stop the Russians, they will continue. Then Europe and America, instead of helping us, will defend their own lands, and their own people will die, ” said the Ukrainian military man.
Let us remind you that by the end of 2023 Ukraine will receive 500 thousand shells from Europe. At the same time, the Europeans admitted that there would be a “slight delay” in the delivery of the promised 1 million rounds of ammunition.
According to the German newspaper Welt, Ukraine is planning a new counter-offensive in 2024. And it will clearly be as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny planned for this summer .
Source: korrespondent
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