Putin makes strategic mistakes
London: Russian army is running out of ammunition
10/11/2022 10:53 am
The Kremlin wants to turn things around in Ukraine by appointing a new army general. But the Russian troops are not equipped for powerful attacks, says the British secret service. The soldiers are increasingly lacking equipment and ammunition.
According to British secret services, Moscow is increasingly running out of ammunition in the Ukraine war. “We know, and Russian commanders at war know that they are running out of equipment and ammunition,” said GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming, according to a pre-release speech transcript quoted by the BBC. Russian President Vladimir Putin makes “misjudgments” and “strategic mistakes”.
“Since he is hardly challenged internally, his decisions have turned out to be flawed,” said the secret service director. The mobilization of prisoners and inexperienced men testifies to a “desperate situation”. In the meantime, the Russian people have also become aware of the consequences of “Putin’s self-imposed war” for them personally in their own country – for example fewer opportunities to travel and hardly any access to modern technologies and external influences due to Western sanctions.
In everyday Short report from the British Ministry of Defence meanwhile, the British secret services are addressing the new role of army general Sergei Surovikin. His appointment a few days ago was allegedly an attempt to improve the conduct of Russian attacks in Ukraine. For a long time, Moscow had no one responsible for overall supervision of what was happening. Nevertheless, Surovikin was also faced with a Russian army that was poorly equipped for the task.
The British Ministry of Defense has published daily information on the course of the war since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine at the end of February, citing intelligence information. In doing so, the British government wants to both counter the Russian portrayal and keep allies in line. Moscow accuses London of a targeted disinformation campaign.