Empty landfills and warehouses: As the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation close the failure with equipment and ammunition

In the fourth year of the war, the flow of arms of the Russian Federation from warehouses to the forefront decreased to the pre -war level, said the media The Financial Times. A similar situation has occurred at the landfills of Soviet military equipment. Reserves were almost exhausted and the Russians have lost the opportunity to modernize old tanks and send them to the front, the article says.

In connection with these problems, the Russian command changed the tactics of fighting and began to rely less on armored vehicles. On the other hand, the Kremlin used the eastern territories through which shells, explosives, electronics, missile spare parts and military equipment are carried out.

Analysts summarized that the Russian Federation was able to restore resources for war due to large -scale transportation of almost all modes of transport: cargoes travel from the eastern border to the west, to Ukraine. FT analyzed the analytical report of the Kiev Institute of Economics. It is noted that the flow of arms of the Russian Federation from warehouses in 2022 amounted to a record 242 thousand tons, and in 2025 fell twice - up to 119 thousand tons.

Analysts found out how the Russian Federation resumed the manufacture of weapons through the supply of military goods in the conditions of sanctions. For example, the report showed data on a large -scale growth of the turnover through the port of Norki Korea. The number of explosives that arrived through this port increased from zero to 250 thousand tons in 2024. Similar activity - on the ports of the Caspian Sea, which received 13 thousand tons of explosives, probably from Iran.

They also paid attention to the fact that it has grown twice through the land border on the eastern border with Kazakhstan, Mongolia is the supply from China. At the same time, military goods are delivered for its intended purpose thanks to the developed network of railways, analysts explained. "[RF] rests on the DPR's ammunition to maintain a stable level of fire on the front line in Ukraine, as well as to accumulate high quality Russian ammunition for any NATO conflict.

China supplies the Russian Federation and components needed for MIC," The report "Disassembly of the Russian military machine: logistics, narrow places and dependencies", mentioned by FT, on 62 pages shows the sources of arms receipt of the Russian Federation. The authors, among other things, investigated the cargo from the eastern borders of the Russian Federation to arsenals and military warehouses in the western regions of the aggressor country, closer to the line of hostilities in Ukraine.

The text has infographics that shows the increase in the volume of military goods or hidden goods, the purpose: thanks to the network of railways and roads, they are free to come to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It should be noted that on July 14, Focus wrote about a batch of shells for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which came from the DPRK. According to US intelligence, it is approximately 12 million tons of shells.