"Calibers" end: reserves of some rockets of Russian "lost" by 90%, - Forbes (infographics)

Journalists found that due to the lack of "calibers" and X-555/X-101, the Kremlin is forced to use expensive "daggers" X-47, inaccurate X-22, and also significantly reduce the intensity of their blows. "Russia's advantage in the presence of large and medium-range missiles was one of the main ones.

At the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were limited by the range of old Soviet systems" point-y "(120 km), while Russia could fire the entire territory of Ukraine and She had thousands of rockets in service, " - writers writes forbes.

The publication gathered data from the November and January reports of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov, as well as analyzed the reports of the Ukrainian Air Force's command on missile attacks and determined how many rockets remained in Russia and the cost of those used for the shelling of Ukraine.

According to Forbes, since the beginning of a full-scale invasion, Russia has used almost all the caliber missiles and X555/101, which remained at the disposal of the Russian military-cosmic forces. This is probably the main reason for the use of more expensive missiles X-47 "dagger". As of January 3, only 59 caliber missiles remained in Russia, according to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov. Previously, Russia made about 15 caliber missiles per month.

Currently, the Kremlin uses about the same amount to the task of blows in Ukraine (44 rockets between January 3 and March 30). During the 13 months of the war, the reserves of Russian missiles X555/101 have also "lost" more than 90%. "The scale of Russia's problems has been confirmed by statistics: the intensity of shelling has declined sharply in recent months, probably due to the difficulty of producing new missiles caused by sanctions on electronic components," journalists said.

At the same time, Russia still has thousands of low-range missiles, which can affect targets up to 200 kilometers and destroy frontier cities. Currently, Russia is capable of producing only about 50 missiles of the far radius of action per month. And in order to create a stock, the Russians need to use less rockets than they can do. Therefore, it is possible that Russia will limit the use of missiles in the summer to create a stock of the next winter.

Or it may give up the idea of ​​hitting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and changing its missile tactics by choosing new priorities. Since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, about 2475 farm rockets worth $ 12. 5 billion and about 2,300 rockets of a near radius worth $ 3. 5 billion for comparison, the United States used rockets worth about $ 1 billion to bombardment in 2003 for comparisons. .

Almost that amount was spent on Iraq rocket strike in 1991 during the Storm Operation in the Desert. To combat the Islamic state in Syria and Iraq, the United States spent about $ 10 million a day on rocket and air strikes. This is four times less than an average of the Russian Federation. "Thus, the shelling of Ukraine has become one of the most expensive missile campaigns in modern history.

However, unlike the US operations and their allies, they did not provide Russia with significant advantage in the battlefield and were not effective for the destruction of Ukraine's economy," journalists summed up. We will remind, on April 5, the former adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Rostislav Smirnov told that the Russians changed the tactics of rocket firing of Ukraine.