The two belligerents deliver an intense artillery fight which forces them to seek new sources of supply. Russia would buy ammunition from Pyongyang and Drones from Tehran, while Ukraine would have found with Islamabad enough to feed its weapons from the Soviet era.
by
This is an unexpected consequence of the so -called “high intensity” war on which the Russians and the Ukrainians have been by since February 24 and the triggering of the “special military operation” by Vladimir Putin. Committed to an attrition fight like Europe has not known it since the Second World War, Moscow and kyiv have faced the threat of shortage of certain materials and no longer hesitate, according to the military and the intelligence services Western, to call on countries like North Korea, Iran or Pakistan to bail out their arsenals.
According to information reported by Washington and revealed Tuesday, September 6 by the New York Times, Russia would be “obtaining millions of rockets and artillery shells” to North Korea to supply its troops In Ukraine, said an American official. If no evidence or details have been given on the materials provided, Pyongyang has the capacity to produce 152 mm shells, one of the calibers used by Russian forces, as well as projectiles for Multiple Roquets TOS-1, whose presence on the Ukrainian front is documented.
mid-July, the National House House security advisor Jake Sullivan also assured that Washington had information indicating that Tehran “prepares for Russia up to several hundred drones, within an accelerated time “. “Russian transport aircraft have embarked drones on an aerodrome in Iran and then stole towards Russia for several days in August,” confirmed Pentagon spokesperson, General Pat Ryder, August 30. >
Listen to military experts, the devices shipped by Tehran could be ground attack drones, notably the Shahed-129, a machine that can fly up to 24 hours in a row and is considered a competitor of American Predator, or the Mohajer-6, a smaller flying object, capable of taking up to four ammunition. According to the American Ministry of Defense, these drones would not have yet been sent to the front and experience “many breakdowns”, which the Russians are trying to resolve. In fact, no image has so far shown these materials in action above the Ukrainian soil.
“Many things are not made public”
The Russian army is not the only one to use confusing supplies. According to documents distributed on August 30 by the Ukrainian site @uaweapons, which tracks down the weapons used on the front by the two belligerents, kyiv’s forces are drawing today on the Russians with Pakistani manufacturing shells. Images and videos recovered from the front and broadcast on social networks thus show Ukrainian soldiers manipulating 122 mm projectiles bearing the registration Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), which is none other than the main manufacturer of weapons of weapons Islamabad.
You have 61% of this article to read. The continuation is reserved for subscribers.