ready for a war of such intensity.
The losses, ever since the beginning
of the invasion, include 700 - 2,700
guns and rocket launchers. And
that does not depict the core of
the matter. Numerous guns were
decommissioned due to the damage
caused by intense shelling. The
barrels' lifetime is limited. As a
result, the Russians had to reach
out to the deep storage.
But this is not the only reason. The
range of some artillery pieces (such
as the self-propelled Giatsints)
exceeds 30 kilometers. This is
at least a partial remedy to the
weakness of the absent - the
Russian frontline aviation assets.
The low qualifications of the pilots,
no PGMs, and battlespace that is
highly saturated with Ukrainian air
defense assets make it a challenge
to provide air support to Russian
sources. The air assets cannot
be used to attack the points of
resistance and the assets directly
beyond the frontline. The artillery is
making attempts to do this.
In Bakhmut, right after I left, more
and more shelling was targeting
the city itself, where the defenders
were preparing their positions. This
will make a large portion of this
article irrelevant, while Bakhmut
would join the group of liberated
piles of rubble.
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