The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain is sure that the available stocks of ammunition in the army of the russian federation are the most critical component on which the entire strategy of the Kremlin depends.
"Russia is unlikely to have increased its stockpile of artillery munitions enough to enable large-scale offensive operations. The vulnerability of Russia's current operational design is that even just sustaining defensive operations along its lengthy front line requires a significant daily expenditure of shells and rockets," noted in messages based on British intelligence data (due to the length limit of posts on Twitter, the full report is in the thread).
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Moreover, the general operational condition of the russian army directly depends on the availability of ammunition, so even the defensive capabilities of the anti-tank missiles directly depend on the number of shells. At the same time, the russian army continues to transfer tens of thousands of conscripts to the front, which are becoming a key element in the continuation of the offensive.
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