Ukraine's military chief says Russia has 'practically halved' artillery ammo usage after its production lines and depots were hit

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• Ukrainian Strikes Cause Russia to Reduce Ammunition Usage, Says Oleksandr Syrskyi.
• The head of the Ukrainian military said that Russia's artillery usage has "practically halved" over the past few months.
• Ukraine has been striking fuel depots, oil storage sites, and manufacturing centers deep within Russia for months.

The head of Ukraine's military, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said Russia has reduced its artillery ammunition usage in recent months because of Ukrainian attacks on Russian ammunition production facilities in the Kremlin.

released on Sunday.

Syrskyi said here is a much better example. If the previous rate was up to 40,000 rounds per day, it is significantly lower now.

Syrskyi attributed the reduction to Ukraine's attacks on "industrial enterprises" that produce ammunition, missile components, and other military supplies on Russian territory.

Ukraine has ramped up its attacks on Russian oil facilities, munitions plants, and ammo warehouses across the border, prompting recent comments.

with missiles and drones, including strikes on a fuel depot for bombers and a factory that makes rocket parts and artillery ammunition.

Russia's defense ministry stated that it shot down approximately 150 drones that evening, giving a measure of the operation's size.

Ukraine claims it's continuing its attacks on Russian targets, with another strike reported against a gunpowder factory in the Tambov region on Thursday.

The article mentions that the attack on a major section inside of the country known as Russia occurred during sunrise.

Some of its most notable strikes occurred when Ukraine targeted three ammunition depots in Krasnodar and Tver in September, locations that are hundreds of miles inland.

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Millions of grains of the shells have been sent to Russia since early 2024.

available to either side.

Approximately $131 billion will be spent on defense in 2025.

That's more than a third of the country's overall federal spending and has increased from 10.8 trillion rubles, which is the amount allocated for the budget in 2024.

Russia's defense ministry did not respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

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