Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov addressed his EU colleagues with a letter in which he reported, among other things, a "critical" shortage of artillery shells at a time when Russia transfers three times more armament to the frontline on a daily basis.
About this writes Bloomberg.
According to Umerov, Ukraine is unable to produce more than 2,000 shells per day. This is less than a third of the ammunition used by Russia.
The Minister urged its EU allies to do more to fulfill their promise to supply one million artillery shells.
"Usually, the side that has more ammunition to conduct hostilities wins," Umerov said.
The EU has admitted that it is only able to deliver half of the promised shells by the March deadline, deciding to deliver almost 600,000 more by the end of the year. Ukraine needs 200,000 155mm shells a month. According to Estonian estimates, Moscow can get almost twice as much, and about a million shells will come from North Korea.
As "Apostrophe" reported earlier, AFU will be able to prepare for new offensive operations in the spring, after depleting the enemy's forces with strikes on the deep rear.