"Fingers cross": in the early 2023 in the Russian Federation, suitable ammunition can end - Reuters

The US believes that the use of old stocks is associated with risk, as they may not explode when they get into the target. Russia began to use ammunition for decades. They have a very high failure frequency. This was stated by an anonymous high -ranking US military official, Reuters writes. According to the official, many ammunition currently using the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was made more than 40 years ago.

The United States accuses Russia of contacting Iran and North Korea for greater firing power as it depletes its regular ammunition reserves. A high -ranking US military official estimated that by the beginning of 2023, Russia would consume fully proper ammunition reserves, unless the help of foreign suppliers. "We evaluate this by the rate of fire with which Russia uses its artillery and missiles," the official said. According to him, this is possible at the beginning of 2023.

This is the use of old reserves. Yes, the Russian military "cross the fingers", hoping that old ammunition will explode during landing. The publication writes that Moscow is also trying to get hundreds of ballistic missiles from Iran and offers Tehran instead of an unprecedented level of military and technical support. According to the UK representative to the UN Barbara Woodward, London is almost sure that Moscow wants to receive weapons from Pyongyang and other countries under sanctions.

Earlier, Focus wrote that the US General stated that the Armed Forces would be able to deduct Crimea in August. Former US troops in Europe Ben Hodges said that on the eve of the key phase of liberation of the peninsula, Ukrainian troops will strike the headquarters and logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. We will also remind that Zelensky proposed to withdraw troops from Ukraine for Christmas.