Tarnavsky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are curtailing some operations on the river due to a lack of Western weapons
According to him, problems with ammunition, especially 122-mm and 152-mm caliber, are felt along the entire front line
Ukraine's Armed Forces have decided to scale back military operations due to a shortage of artillery shells amid a decline in Western allied assistance.
Source. This was reported by the commander of the operational and strategic grouping of troops "Tavria" Oleksandr Tarnavsky in a comment to Reuters.
According to him, problems with ammunition, especially post-Soviet 122-mm and 152-mm shells, are felt along the entire front line.
"The volumes we have today are not enough for our needs. That is why we are redistributing the shells and re-planning the tasks we set for ourselves, reducing them," he said.
Tarnavsky clarified that on the southeastern front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have moved to defense in some areas, but are trying to advance in others. In addition, they continue to prepare reserves for "further large-scale actions." He added that the Russian military also has problems with ammunition.
Tarnavsky led the counteroffensive that forced Russian troops to withdraw from Kherson in November 2022. Now he is in charge of the defense of Avdiivka, which Russia is trying to capture.
According to Tarnavsky, "the attacks are ongoing," the situation in the city is changing "every day and every night," and the enemy is using different tactics. Despite the fact that the Russian army has managed to achieve "success in some areas at a depth of about 1.5-2 km" and is putting pressure with its numbers, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are firmly holding these lines, he assured.
In late November, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the country's armed forces were experiencing a shortage of 155 mm artillery shells. He attributed this to the fact that some of the supplies were reoriented to Israel.
In turn, the EU has warned that it will not be able to deliver the promised one million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by March 2024. The bloc will provide only 480,000, sources told Reuters in early December.
According to NATO estimates, the Ukrainian Armed Forces use 4,000-7,000 shells daily, more than the amount produced by Western countries.
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