Modernization, not production: in British intelligence named the problems of Russian OPC

According to analysts, the enemy was able to expand the production lines by increasing the number of staff. At the same time, during the year, power can reach their peak. Russian invaders continue to attempt to increase their production capabilities, but there are some nuances in this matter. This is stated in the Intelligence Record of the UK Ministry of Defense of March 1. According to analysts, last year the enemy still managed to increase production. The number of staff has increased to 3.

5 million people. They were increased by the number of changes and the available production lines were expanded. By the way, the Russians still returned to those production facilities that have not worked for many years. "Much of this increase in production is the reconstruction and modernization of available stocks rather than new production. For example, the vast majority of major combat tanks produced in 2023 consisted of repaired machines," the statement said.

British analysts paid special attention to the production of artillery ammunition for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It has also increased and is likely to persist in 2024. At the same time, there is a nuance here - in the current year the production of shells can reach its peak because of the limited production capacity.

On this basis, the UK Ministry of Defense has made the following conclusions: "Although the defense industry is unable to fully meet the needs of Russian operations against Ukraine, it is almost probably capable of providing a material advantage over Ukraine during 2024. " We will remind, on February 28 it was reported that hackers found out how in the Russian Federation produce drones "Orlan-10".

It turned out that the enemy uses gaskets to buy western equipment for the production of military products. Almost all such companies do not fall under sanctions. On February 23, information appeared that the Russian Federation received 1. 5 million ammunition from the DPRK, half of which did not work at all. According to the deputy chief of Ukrainian intelligence Vadim Skibitsky, the Russians lack their own production capacity. This applies to both shells and rockets.