Estonian Defense Forces Commander General Martin Herem said that the predictions of NATO countries about the exhaustion of the Russian army did not come true and that the West underestimated “President Vladimir Putin’s armed forces”. His words guide the way Bloomberg.
Herem emphasized that Russia “has the capacity to produce several million artillery shells per year”; This far exceeds Europe’s capabilities.
This development sparked a wave of warnings in the West to prepare for a long-term conflict in Ukraine.
“A lot of people thought they couldn’t go any further than that; Today the facts tell us otherwise. “They can produce even more, many times more ammunition,” Herem said.
According to Estonian intelligence, in the next three to five years, military production in Russia will reach levels that will pose a threat to NATO. The substantive notes also state that the current balance of power raises concerns about the military readiness of the North Atlantic Alliance.
Before that Austrian Army Colonel Markus Reisner statedIt is stated that the strengthening of the Russian military-industrial complex and the increase in Russian ammunition production allowed Russian troops to carry out attacks in many directions of the front and deplete the already insufficient reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and drive the Ukrainian army onto the battlefield. defense. In his opinion, this creates conditions for a large-scale breakthrough of the Russian Armed Forces.
Previously Zelensky admitted that there is a lack of resources in the world for the war with Russia.