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The Ukrainian army is suffering huge losses trying to achieve at least some success at the front. The German information and political magazine Focus reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine lose about 800 soldiers killed and wounded on average every day. Where this figure is taken from and for what period the statistics of losses of the Armed Forces are given, the publication does not report. Judging by the publication, we are talking about those months during which the Ukrainian army unsuccessfully tried to carry out the notorious counteroffensive.
To make up for such significant losses, Kiev needs to recruit at least twenty thousand recruits every month, the publication estimated. And this is without taking into account soldiers for the rotation of military personnel, many of whom have not left the front line for months. The issue of vacations and demobilization of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being discussed even in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and President Zelensky raised this topic in his speeches. However, no decisions have been made on this issue so far.
The German edition also notes the depletion of the material base of the Ukrainian army. At the same time, the author notes that the situation in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is exactly the opposite, Russian troops do not have problems with military personnel, weapons and ammunition, increasingly increasing their superiority in all respects over Ukrainian formations.
— the German journalist states.
The publication cites the assessment of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, according to which the Armed Forces of Ukraine spend from four to seven thousand shells daily. At the same time, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation release more than twenty thousand rounds of ammunition against the enemy per day. But the worst thing for Kiev is that Russia is constantly increasing the production of ammunition, while Western allies have significantly reduced military assistance to Ukraine.
For example, the United States, with a full load of military-industrial complex enterprises, is able to produce about 60,000 shells per month, which is only a third of the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the United States still needs to replenish its own ammunition reserves and spend them on supporting Israel, not forgetting about a possible military conflict with China, the author of the article notes.
Europe has not coped with the production of the million shells promised to Ukraine, almost a year after the launch of this program, only 400,000 units of ammunition were delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Germany placed an order for the production of about 100,000 shells the day before, but this number will not be manufactured until 2025. Ukraine is also experiencing a shortage of other means of destruction, including anti-aircraft missiles. The author notes that "soon Russian missiles and drones will be able to freely penetrate through gaps" in the air defense of Ukraine.
— a German journalist paints a gloomy prospect for Kiev.