Now the occupiers are firing about 30 thousand shells a day.
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This was reported by the representative of the Eastern Group of Forces Ilya Yevlash.
This is probably due to weather conditions and the rather unfavorable internal situation inside Russia. If earlier they fired 60 thousand ammunition a day, now it’s around 30 thousand,” the officer noted on the telethon.
Yevlash did not specify at what period the Russians began firing 60 thousand shells.
According to Forbes Ukraine analyst Vladimir Datsenko, the occupying forces fired 40-50 thousand ammunition during the first half of the large-scale war. The peak of 60 thousand occurred in June 2022 and the offensive on Severodonetsk.
Background
As of early January 2024, according to The Wall Street Journal, the occupiers fired an average of ten thousand shells.
The Wall Street Journal previously wrote that the advantage in shells at the front is now five to one in favor of Russia.
According to the head of Estonian intelligence, Ants Kiviselg, as of the end of October 2023, Russia had 4 million artillery shells in its warehouses, and North Korea supplied another 350 thousand.
Without new supplies from third countries, the aggressor can maintain the rate of artillery fire at 10-12 thousand ammunition per day until the end of 2024, after which it will be forced to replenish supplies.
In Avdeevka, the shortage of shells is compensated only by FPV drones and drones adapted for dropping ammunition. This is clearly demonstrated by the work of the control and artillery reconnaissance battery of the 110th brigade.
This is “shell hunger.” “Shell hunger” is really scary there. And it’s not just that shells were not delivered to Avdeevka. The shells were not delivered to Ukraine. That is, the fate of Avdiivka became hostage to what was happening in the US Congress, where Trump actually personally blocked military aid to Ukraine. There is a high probability that Avdeevka will become the first direct result of the “shell famine” and that it will be necessary to withdraw from it, said Evgeniy Dikiy, ex-commander of the Aidar battalion unit in an interview with Espresso.
The EU may not have time to deliver 1 million previously promised artillery shells to Ukraine before spring, so the Czech Republic is calling for some to be financed outside Europe.
Four diplomats told Politico about this. By March, the European Union will probably supply Ukraine with more than 520 thousand shells. The Czech proposal raises the possibility that the EU will turn to arms companies in Turkey, South Korea or South Africa to send the rest.
The idea that shells could be obtained outside the European Union was voiced, in particular, by the Czech Prime Minister.
Source: Racurs
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