Servicemen have a rest in a park in the city of Kupyansk. File photoMOSCOW, June 9Russian troops outnumber Ukrainian troops by 20 times in artillery and 40 times in ammunition, according to the British newspaper Independent, citing an intelligence report that came into its possession. to 1 and for ammunition 40 to 1,» the publication writes. According to the report, Ukrainian troops are limited to a firing range of 15.5 miles (24.9 km), while the Russians can strike from a distance of 12 times more.» It is quite obvious that… you cannot win if your side has several times fewer weapons, your weapons hit the enemy at a shorter distance and you have significantly less ammunition than the enemy,» the newspaper quotes an excerpt from the report.
Economists have named the country most affected by the special operation in UkraineAccording to him, the Ukrainian side has almost completely run out of missiles for the Smerch and Uragan MLRS. «This creates a situation of absolute inequality on the battlefield, not to mention the complete dominance of enemy aircraft in in the air,” the report says. In addition, “heavy fighting” has a serious demoralizing effect on Ukrainian troops, in connection with which the number of desertions among Ukrainian military personnel is growing. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Along with the Russian military, units of the DPR and LPR operate in the region. 
17,047 people were evacuated from dangerous areas of the special operation to Russia
