Due to weapons delay from the West in Ukraine's Air Defense, shells from the Russian Federation may end - ISW

Due to the lack of ammunition for air defense, Russia began to use more aviation in the Avdeevsky direction, indicating that limited reserves of Ukrainian air defense missiles can give Russian aviation more opportunities to attack. Due to Western aid delay in Air Defense of Ukraine, there may be a lack of shells to reflect Russian air attacks. This will allow the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to more aggressive Ukrainian troops or even frontier cities.

This is stated in the report of the American Institute for War Study (ISW). So, on February 9, The New York Times reported that US officials believe that without Western aid, Ukrainian PPO reserves are running out in March 2024. Ukrainian officials have recently warned that Ukraine has encountered a "critical shortage" of air defense missiles.

Russian troops are constantly pressing on the air defense of Ukraine with the help of missiles and drones, using Iranian and North Korean missiles for blows, trying to force Ukrainian forces to spend air defense missiles.

"The intensity of the Russian shock campaign in recent weeks, probably, even more tightened with the" umbrella "of Ukraine's air defense and may have made Ukraine move the air defense that had previously been able to impose restrictions on Russian tactical aviation operating on the front and in the front ", - the opinion of ISW analysts said.

It is reported that Russia has begun to use more aviation in the Avdiivsky direction, in particular, which indicates that limited reserves of Ukrainian air defense missiles can give Russian aviation more opportunities to attack. "Critical deficiency of air defense missiles in Ukraine can allow Russian forces to use planes, especially piloted aircraft, which usually carry heavier useful cargoes, closer to the current front line in Ukraine and beyond.