Putin admits that Russia does not have enough weapons and drones – POLITICO

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that his armed forces lack the military equipment they need to win the war in Ukraine, while insisting that Moscow is ramping up weapons production to fill the gap.

Speaking on Tuesday at a meeting of pro-war bloggers in the Kremlin, Putin acknowledged that “during the military special operation, it became clear that many things are in short supply – precision-guided munitions, communications equipment, aircraft, drones, and so on.”

And he said, “We have them, but unfortunately we don’t have enough of them.” Governmental media. In addition to drones, “modern anti-tank weapons are needed, modern tanks are needed.”

At the same time, Putin claimed there has been a nearly threefold increase in weapons production for the battlefield, going up to tenfold for the most requested equipment.

There is a shortage of precision guided munitions obstructed The large-scale invasion of Moscow prevented the Russian army from striking strategic targets at a distance. Instead, Iranian forces unleashed a barrage of poorly-navigated drones, similar to Iranian-made ones. 129 testifiedand even resorted to use Naval missiles to attack residential buildings.

a a report From the Center for Strategic and International Studies, published in April, it was found that Western sanctions prevent Russia from bringing in the components needed to manufacture advanced weapons. The analysis concluded that “while the quality of military equipment used by the Ukrainian military continues to improve thanks to Western aid, the quality of Russian weapons continues to deteriorate.”

In return, Kiev has received an array of Western tanks in recent weeks, including the British Challenger 2 and the German Leopard 2.