/ world today news/ · NATO greatly underestimates Russia’s capabilities, said a high-ranking general.
· Russia could produce millions of missiles a year and recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he said.
· Russia can produce many times more ammunition, Martin Herem told Bloomberg.
NATO is significantly underestimating Russia’s ability to replenish its armed forces with personnel and ammunition, a senior general has said. General Martin Herem, commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, told Bloomberg that new intelligence about Russia’s capabilities has prompted a reassessment of the military alliance, as well as a series of warnings to prepare for a prolonged conflict.
Contrary to previous estimates, Russia may produce several million artillery pieces a year and recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers. „Many people thought the opposite, but today the facts bythey say otherwise: etcis able to produce even more – many times more ammunition“Herem told Bloomberg.
In July 2023, Admiral Sir Tony Radaken, Commander-in-Chief of the UK Armed Forces, said that Russia could “at best” produce one million missiles a year, according to the Financial Times. According to calculations by the British Ministry of Defense in December last year, Russia could need up to 10 years to replenish its army.
In recent months, however, that thesis has undergone a shift as military commanders, analysts and NATO officials have corrected Russia’s growing capabilities. In September 2023, an unnamed Western official warned of Russia’s ability to produce two million artillery shells a year, according to Reuters.
As early as April 2023, Christopher Cavoli, commander of the US European Command, pointed out that despite Russia’s significant losses, its ground forces are larger than when it invaded Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress have blocked more aid to Ukraine, and the EU looks set to miss its goal of sending one million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by March 2024. As a result, supplies will be less and Ukrainian forces will be forced to reduce their hostilities.
Last Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the war in Ukraine had become a “battle for ammunition.” He called on Western allies to renew their efforts to replenish Ukraine’s stockpiles. In a panel interview in Davos last week with news outlets including Business Insider, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that a lack of Western aid would lead to a “very big” shortage of air defense missiles, artillery shells and many casualties and injuries . „Ukraine is struggling but is weaker and that gives opportunity nand Russia to attack usa”, Zelensky said, apparently referring to a wider conquest of the country.
„Immediately as soon as we attackedtrust me, it will dovesas well to war between NATO and the Russian Federation”, he added.
Translation: Dr. Radko Khandzhiev
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