In Britain's intelligence called the key reason why the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation cannot effectively run off the offensive

According to the scouts, the Russians have a shortage of artillery shells, which is why the occupiers began to "save" and use written off ammunition. Over the last week, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have not been able to create significant offensive actions in the front areas of Ukraine. This was reported by UK intelligence on March 14. "Russian artillery ammunition deficiency has probably deteriorated significantly in the last week.

In many areas of the front there is an extremely rigid restriction of shells. This is almost undoubtedly a key reason for why no Russian formation has recently been able to create promptly significant offensive. in the message. In British intelligence, it is most likely that Russia has started using previously written off ammunition.

On March 13, British intelligence reported that in recent months, the owner of Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogin, most likely, lost access to the recruitment of mercenaries in Russian prisons, which is why, in the future, the intensity or extent of operations would be reduced. The reason for the loss of access to the recruitment of prisoners is continuous disputes with the management of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.