"We already see results": Russia's artillery advantage has decreased significantly - WP

At the beginning of the year, the artillery advantage of Russia was 7: 1, and now it decreased to 5: 1. Ukrainian fire power has been improving since this spring, US lawmakers have approved such a necessary military assistance package. However, this is not enough to quickly stop the Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine. About it writes Washington Post.

The inflow of Western ammunition has strengthened the artillery advantage of Kiev, but the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are still moving along the winding front line and will probably continue to do so throughout the summer. Ukraine is still in defense in Donetsk region, which allows Moscow forces to cause heavy losses during the rotation of Ukrainian troops and brings them closer to the most important Ukrainian supply routes.

Kiev resorted to the strategy "Bend, but don't break" to win time. Until the Armed Forces are able to deliver more Western weapons and ammunition to the front. Given part of the territory, Ukraine was able to fight from more protected positions. New weapons and ammunition are coming to the forefront since US President Joe Biden has signed a large -scale package in April. But Ukraine will take weeks, if not months to fully replenish their exhausted stocks. "We are already seeing results.

At the beginning of the year, the artillery advantage of Russia was 7 to 1, and now it decreased to 5 to 1," said Ivan Havrylyuk, First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Havrylyuk stated that at least 130 F-16 fighters that, as he expects, will arrive at the end of this year and at the beginning of the next year to neutralize Russian aviation. "Over time, when we all adjust, we will achieve the benefits in our airspace," he said.

The 110th Brigade, which is fighting in the area of ​​the village occupied by the village of Ocheretyne, less than a month ago began to receive new shells, said the spokesman of the brigade Ivan Sekach. According to him, new revenues have improved the unit's inventories by 75% compared to last winter, when the stocks were so low that the military had no other choice but to hand over positions to save the life of soldiers, he said.

But they are not enough to restrain Russia's offensive, and often they are not the big calibers that are most needed, Sekach said. On June 13, Lloyd Austin stated that the partners of Ukraine, who gathered at the regular meeting of the Ramstein contact group, intend to continue support. In addition, on June 11, it became known that US Presidential Administration Joe Baiden canceled the ban on the supply of weapons to the 12th Special Purpose Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.