MOSCOW, December 25. Russia has destroyed the military industry of Ukraine and with new weapons is constantly forcing Kiev to change its requests to the West, an anonymous senior officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an interview with the British newspaper The Independent.
“»Russia managed to paralyze the industry of Kiev, <…> ;, depriving Ukraine of the opportunity to produce the necessary equipment at home,” the publication reports, citing the officer’s words.
According to a representative of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukraine is now entirely dependent on supplies from the United States, Great Britain, the European Union and South Korea.
The officer also noted that the use of ever new weapons and tactics by the Russian army forces Kiev to constantly adapt its requests to the West for military supplies.
«Some things are difficult to predict. For example, <…>, now we need more missiles for the Patriot (anti-aircraft missile system — editor's note) than we expected,» the military officer complained.
The Russian Armed Forces began striking Ukrainian infrastructure on October 10, 2022 — two days later after the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, which, according to the Russian authorities, was behind the Ukrainian special services. Strikes are being carried out against energy, defense industry, military command and communications facilities throughout the country. Since then, air raid alerts have been announced every day in Ukrainian regions, sometimes throughout the country. At the same time, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stated that Russian troops in battles with the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not attack residential buildings and social infrastructure.