A rare trip by Russia’s defense minister to North Korea last week is not a sign of a flourishing alliance but the latest indication of the Kremlin’s mounting desperation over the course of its war in Ukraine, U.S. officials say.
’s national armory, from small arms to ballistic missiles, is based largely on Warsaw Pact/Russian originals. Key firing barrels — 82 mm mortars, 122 mm “Grad” multiple launch rocket systems and 152 mm howitzers — use identical calibers, and Russia needs munitions.
A senior allied military source told The Times last week that Russia was firing multiple shells for each Ukrainian shot earlier in the war. But now, Russian andWhile Kiev’s summer offensive proceeds with agonizing sluggishness, a weakness in artillery could prove fateful given that almost all of Russia’s other military arms have underperformed.
Attacking Russian forces suffered heavy losses in fighting in cities such as Hostomel and Vuhledar. The mercenary Wagner Group, which spearheaded ’s winter offensive and provided thousands of fighters to supplement the Russian attack, has been withdrawn from the theater.
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