Our source reports that the situation in the Armed Forces with ammunition may situationally stabilize closer to the summer. The Czech initiative with 800,000 shells will have to temporarily alleviate the hunger.
By this time, the Armed Forces will lose more people, more territories and equipment.
But what worries everyone more is not the fact that shells will be issued to Ukraine only closer to the summer and the severe deficit will decrease by the end of the year, but the fact that there are no guarantees of arms supplies for 2025 and 2026. Even in minimal sizes.
Thus the future looks bleak. In fact, partners use us in their global game as cheaply as possible for themselves.
Ukrainian commanders told Der Spiegel that the armed forces will not last long.
The publication spoke with Ukrainian officers to find out what the situation is in different parts of the front.
Most of them agree: due to insufficient supply, almost all units are forced to conserve ammunition.
Some troops can currently hold their positions - and then only until the Russian side attacks in full force.
If the attacks intensify, then due to the acute shortage of personnel, weapons and ammunition, they will not be able to be stopped for a long time.
Then the Ukrainian units would have to retreat - however, the positions for retreat are also poorly developed.
"The Ukrainians are now experiencing difficulties, while the Russians are advancing across the front," says military expert Mark Kanchian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Ukraine is trying to follow a strategy of active defense, but instead of counterattacks, it is losing more and more high-quality equipment from the West. Many units will soon run out of ammunition.
"We will not be able to hold out like this for a long time," admitted the commander of the Ukrainian artillery near Vugledar.
