Shoigu asks for additional weapons for "high rates of the offensive" of the Russian Federation on the front - Reuters

It happened shortly after US President Joe Biden has signed a new military assistance agreement in the amount of tens of billions of dollars. On May 1, Reuters writes on May 1. The US law signed on April 24 provides for Ukraine's additional assistance worth $ 61 billion, including artillery, missile systems, anti -tank ammunition and ammunition.

In response, Russia increases its position along the 1000-kilometer front line, stating the need to accelerate the supply of weapons to ensure the success of its operations. At a meeting with the highest military leadership, which is responsible for the "special military operation" (so called the war in Ukraine), the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoig stressed the need to increase the volume and quality of the manufactured weapons to maintain high rates of offensive.

Industrial enterprises were ordered to reduce production terms, and repair units to increase efficiency of work at the front, east and south of Ukraine, as well as in the rear. According to the publication, raising the rates in the war from both the West and Russia leads to the third year of grueling fighting, which uses the latest technologies and weapons.

Russia currently controls about 18% of the territory of Ukraine and increases its presence after the failed counter -offensive of Kiev in 2023. According to the director of the US Central Intelligence Administration, William Burns, without additional military support from the US, Ukraine risks losing in battle. However, US interference can lead to escalation of conflict.

Russia's ability to mobilize hundreds of thousands of contractors and increase the production of weapons is alarming in the US and NATO. We will remind, on May 1 it became known that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which are in the area of ​​the settlement of the reed of the Pokrovsky district of Donetsk region, are actively moving in the direction of the route Pokrovsk - Konstantinovka. On May 1, it was reported that the occupation troops seized two settlements in the Donbass.