The Russian occupation army continues to attack in the direction of Bakhmut - Soledar. And there the Russians stole an unprecedented amount of artillery. A member of the Information Resistance community, military expert Konstantin Mashovets wrote about this on his Facebook..

According to him, the Russians concentrated there at least 12 battalions of cannon and rocket artillery.. And this is without taking into account individual fire batteries..

“The artillery group of enemy troops operating in this direction is armed with an almost complete range of artillery and mortar weapons.. Including 152-mm self-propelled guns 2S19M2 " With the arrival of units of the 31st Airborne Brigade and the 76th Airborne Division in the same area, 2S9 and 2S9M 120-mm self-propelled guns "

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In fact, the expert explains, the Russians are practicing the so-called artillery and infantry offensive here.. Therefore, with a significant weakening of their artillery grouping (due to various possible reasons and circumstances), the effectiveness of general offensive operations will also decrease..

“And there is a certain nuance here.. Let's just say, according to our allies, the grouping of Russian troops in Ukraine around the end of November (as expected by a significant number of real military experts) began to experience a significant shortage of ammunition,” he wrote.. – In general terms, the rate of consumption of shells for Russian troops in Ukraine has decreased to the maximum level of firing intensity of one shell per hour (this is approximately 22-24 shells per barrel per day). Of course, they do not shoot them for the whole day, but for some more or less short time convenient for themselves, trying to mass their artillery fire "

According to the same calculations, Mashovets writes, Russian artillery, with the exertion of " Under such conditions, the Russian command was forced to concentrate the bulk of these ammunition exclusively in important and priority directions and areas for themselves.. This is what is happening today in the region of Bakhmut and Soledar.

Consequently, he suggested, under such conditions, the Russians may soon have a dramatic situation with ammunition, especially in non-priority areas..

“I don’t think that the Ukrainian command will miss this kind of opportunity,” he hints at a new Ukrainian counteroffensive..

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Recall that Slovakia is considering the possibility of reactivating its old defensive capacities and resuming the production of shells of 120 and 155 mm caliber to support Ukraine.