The Secretary General called Russia “a huge geopolitical challenge.”
He said the aggressor country is restored at a speed that has no equal in recent history. According to Rutte, now Russians produce three times more ammunition in three months than all NATO per year. In this, as in the war against Ukraine, they are helped by the North Koreans, Chinese, Iranians and mullahs.
Earlier, he stated that during this year the Russian military-industrial complex will produce 1.5 thousand tanks, 3 thousand units of armored vehicles and 200 Iskander missiles.
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Reuters, citing the Main Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, reported that the Russian Federation in 2024 produced about 2 million artillery shells of 122 mm and 152 mm caliber. Another 2.7 million was transferred to her by North Korea.
