War in Ukraine – it became known why the Russian Federation uses Soviet equipment at the front – UNIAN
It is known that Russia cannot produce large quantities of equipment as before due to limited supplies of relevant parts.
At the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia expected to quickly capture Kyiv, so it transferred most of its equipment to Ukraine, along with its most modern equipment. However, the Ukrainians succeeded, preventing the invaders from breaking through to the capital and destroying a bunch of enemy equipment during the fighting. Thus, Russia now has to use reserves from Soviet times, because the supply of new armored vehicles is decreasing, writes The Wall Street Journal.
The publication recalled that components for equipment that Russia received from Western countries became unavailable due to the imposition of sanctions.
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