For seven months, from March to September of this year, russia exported 65,089 tons of ammunition from Belarus by rail. This information was published by the Belarusian Hajun, which monitors the removal of ammunition every month.
The russian federation exported the least amount of ammunition in March: at that time it was a "modest" 297 tons, in April russia imported a record amount of ammunition, which was 22,534 tons.
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The next four months, from May to August, russia steadily exported 6-8 tons of ammunition from Belarus, but in September, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a successful counteroffensive in Kharkiv oblast, this figure more than doubled compared to the previous three months and amounted to 14,479 tons.
But the increased Belarusian ammunition assistance did not help the russian army to restrain the offensive in Kharkiv oblast. After all, it was during this counteroffensive that the occupiers' bet on the "valley of fire" collapsed. However, it happened not because of a lack of ammunition, but because of a too slow chain "target detection - opening fire".
As noted, the main recipients of the ammunition were the combined strategic commands of the Western, Eastern and Southern military districts, as well as the financial support department of russia’s Ministry of Defense in Samara oblast, the 71st anti-aircraft missile brigade (military unit 01879), as well as the headquarters of the 76th of the airborne assault division (military unit 07264) and military unit 57229.
Defense Express concludes that the russian federation exported various types of ammunition from Belarus. In particular for own air defense systems, so it is impossible to calculate how many units of ammunition russia received from its ally. However, to understand the scale, 65,089 tons equals than 1 million shells, which is truly a significant amount.
From this we can conclude that the Russian Federation exported various types of ammunition from Belarus, in particular for its air defense systems, so it is impossible to calculate how many units of ammunition the Russian Federation received from Belarus. However, to understand the scale, 65,089 tons of artillery ammunition is more than 1 million shells, which is actually a significant amount.
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