Ammunition from swamps and reservoirs. As the Armed Forces overcome the "projectile hunger" while the event is looking for help

Restrictions on the supply of ammunition from the United States because of political differences between Republicans and Democrats in Congress force Kiev to resort to non -standard decisions. On the battlefield are drunk drones, mines, other explosive objects and Russian shells that have not broken. The reporters of The Wall Street Journal say that Ukrainian soldiers sometimes look for ammunition in swamps and at the bottom of the reservoirs.

The publication cites an example of a 36-year-old Fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Maxim Polyukhovich, who is so dangerous. The soldier passes kilometers by minefields to find whole shells left by Russian troops during escape from the Kharkiv region. The military says that he sent at least 14,000 shells of brigades in eastern Ukraine, as well as 4,000 ammunition to UAVs for discharge for the accumulation of live power and equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Polyukhovich finds a 152 mm caliber shells, compatible with artillery installations of the USSR. Officers of the Ukrainian 92nd Assault Brigade, who were fighting near the destroyed village of Andreevka in the east, claim that more than 8,000 shells received from Polyukhovich. A number of Russian and Ukrainian media have made an incorrect generalization of The Wall Street Journal, writing that the Armed Forces are ordered to look for ammunition in swamps and minefields.

The authors of the material were given in the example of Maxim Polyukhovich as the initiator of the idea, but there were no mass orders at the army level. The Russian shells found are far from the main source of replenishment of the Armed Forces, the existing military asserted by focus. For example, the 47th separate mechanized brigade (OMBR) has problems with a shortage of ammunition, but to protect against attacks of the occupiers of the resource is enough.

Of course, a lot more shells will be required for the counter-offensive, recognizes the press officer of the brigade Anastasia Blyshchyk. "I can compare with the period when our military was on the offensive in the summer of 2023 in the Zaporozhye direction. Now we are in defense in the Avdeevsky direction, the numbers of shots from artillery tools are completely different," she explains in a dialogue with focus. The alternative to the expensive western ammunition became FPV.

Ordinary drones up to 30 thousand hryvnias in the hands of a competent pilot stop the columns of Russian equipment, added a brighten. "If our fighters see a column of the Russian Armed Forces, the artillery works on them, and the UAV mouth adds to the drones. The mortars also do not sleep," she continued. According to a press officer, the command of the 47th OMB does not send soldiers to seek Russian ammunition that have not broken. Trophy shells and equipment are another matter.

Thus, in the Zaporizhzhya direction during the cleaning of plantings found many ammunition of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. "To look for shells on swamps and rivers - we do not do so. In the Kharkiv region, Zatrofeyl were mines, tanks and BMPs, because the Russians were running and left. Arms were taken by soldiers to protect Bakhmut," she stressed.

The military-aero-intelligence officer, exnarting Igor Lutsenko did not complain about the lack of artillery ammunition in his unit in communication with focus. The required ammunition rate is shot in accordance with regular orders. "You can not be used theoretically, but you need to know how to deal with them. They are disassembled, then they look at them.

The Armed Forces commanders will not use live force to find ammunition in swamps, because during the Russian offensive and there are enough problems at the front, the military added. In the Vidar Unit of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MO), which is managed by Ruslan Kaganets, stocks of artillery shells allocates GUR for specific military operations.

During the two years of a full -scale war with Russia, the commander has never encountered a projectile famine. However, in the Armed Forces, the problem with the deficiency of ammunition is more acute, as the regular army keeps the front in 24/7, he confesses. "We often bring shells with ourselves if we know that there are no ammunition in certain positions. Our work is issued shells for artillery and mortars.

The intensity of GUR MO units is not as intense as in the Armed Forces linear troops, which enables us to save resources ", - says Kaganets. According to many military units of the Armed Forces, "Sniper Artillery" or FPV-Drones have become a compensator for the shortage of ammunition for many military units of the Armed Forces. If the projectile lies in the swamp, on the ground or at the bottom of the river, it is no longer possible to shoot.

It is possible to pull TNT and other elements from it, but as an artillery ammunition, it becomes unusable, says focus a military expert Pavel Narozhny. "There are different situations with trophy shells: special units in the Armed Forces are renewed and sent to battle. They will not be looking for them in swamps or rivers, such specimens are no longer shot. . The people indicate that in ammunition it is possible to replace a detonator, a means of ignition and other things.

On average, the Russian army in the offensive phase shoots six times more shells than the Armed Forces. Therefore, any found and "exacerbated" projectile-only a plus for the defense of Ukraine, adds an analyst. It should be noted that Kiev is expecting a million shells from the Czech initiative participants to purchase artillery shells for NATO standard guns in third countries. Greece can be a key supplier as part of the initiative, DUREIOS News wrote.

Recall that the Swedish weapon company SAAB and German Rheinmetall spoke about the dependence on cotton from China, which is used in the manufacture of gunpowder for artillery shells. If the EU is deteriorating relations with Beijing, it is likely restrictions on raw material exports. On April 6, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky recognized a lack of shells in the Armed Forces for a counter -offensive.