The Ukrainian army is experiencing a significant shortage of people, but Russia also has problems with this.
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According to the head of Ukrainian intelligence, Kirill Budanov, one cannot even think that we can do without mobilization.
He emphasized that both the Ukrainian and Russian armies are experiencing a significant shortage of people. According to him, Russia is losing as many or even more soldiers than it is able to mobilize.
At the same time, the Russians use mercenaries where they lack professional military personnel. The enemy also wastes more weapons and shells than he can produce. Therefore, Russia turned to North Korea for help.
They did hand over a large amount of artillery ammunition. This allowed Russia to breathe out a little. Without their help, the situation would have been catastrophic,” the intelligence officer said in an interview with the Financial Times.
According to him, North Korea is the “largest supplier” of weapons to Russia, “without the help of the DPRK the situation would be catastrophic.” Although Russia and North Korea deny supplying ballistic missiles, the US State Department has already identified those involved and imposed sanctions against them.
About last year’s counteroffensive, Budanov said:
To say that everything is fine is a lie. To say that this is a disaster is also not true.
The wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate is still undergoing treatment after the poisoning, “now she feels better.” Budanov did not comment on whether he or his wife were the target of the poisoning.
Everything that we have done, we will continue to do,” Budanov said about operations behind Russian lines.
Source: Racurs
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