The Soviet Union is gone. Russia has exhausted its supplies from years ago

Russia has exhausted its weapons from the time of the Soviet Union, “Financial Times” said on Monday, citing a given Kiev Economic Institute (KSE). According to the report of military equipment from warehouses to the front line, it has now dropped to a level before 2022.

Logistics analyzes made by researchers from KSE have shown that deliveries from warehouse databases fell by more than 25 percent. In 2024, which is to mean a significant depletion of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery platforms and other equipment.

The British newspaper reminded that from the start of the full -glass attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Russia modernized the previously withdrawn military equipment to be able to send it to the front line. She took part in the battle, among others A large number of T-72 and T-80 tanks, whose production began in the 1970s. The T-54 tanks produced in the USSR from the late 1940s also participated in the fighting.

The Vienna military analyst, Franz-Stefan Gady, in an interview with “FT” expressed caution in interpreting the decrease in supply of armored vehicles on the front line as a signal that the Russians “lose their combat effectiveness.” He gave two arguments: the evolution of Russian tactics to reduce the use of such vehicles and large expenses from the Russian budget for the expansion of weapons.

Researchers from KSE said that the gap in wrestling is filled with military assistance from North Korea. According to them, 52 percent last year A large part of deliveries marked as “explosives” for Russian arsenals came from Nachodka, the port region on the Japanese sea, which Pyongyang uses. As calculated, deliveries from this area increased from scratch in the period before the war in Ukraine to 250,000. tons in 2024

South Korean interview also suggested that North Korea sent 28 thousand to Russia. containers. – I suspect that (Russians) rely on North Korean ammunition, which helps them maintain a constant rate of fire on the front line in Ukraine, and at the same time allows them to accumulate better quality Russian ammunition to prepare for a possible future conflict with NATO's participation – provides reptiles.

KSE analysis confirms the findings of the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrył Budanowa, who in July announced that 40 percent. Russian ammunition comes from North Korea. It has also been shown that about 13,000 tons of explosives that reached Russia probably came from Iran, taking into account the place of their entry into the logistics chain – near the Caspian Sea.

However, according to Ukrainian analysts, China is currently dominating the import of the Russian arms industry. Beijing has repeatedly denied this. Evidence of KSE indicates that deliveries from border regions in the east of Russia to the main centers of military and defense production have been increased almost twice since 2021, exceeding 3 million tons.

The analyst KSE Lucas Risinger summed up this, saying that “even if China claim that they do not send deadly support, they provide Russia with machines and components that he needs to keep the war machine in motion.”

From London Marta Zabłocka (PAP)

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