Prigozhin famously complained that Shoigu and Gerasimov weren't giving him ammunition. Who knows how true that is, but if it is true, it suggests there may not be some kind of deep stockpile of Wagner ammo that's just been unlocked.
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US repurchases Taiwan’s Hawk missiles for Ukraine aid
Media: US to repurchase Taiwan's Hawk missiles for Ukraine aid. Washington will repurchase decommissioned HAWK air defense missiles it sold to Taiwan and deliver them to Ukraine as part of a military aid package, the China Times reported on July 14, citing its sources.
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États-Unis fournissent missiles Hawk à l’Ukraine
According to the unnamed sources, those are the Hawk missiles of the new model Phase III MIM-23 withdrawn from service in June. The U.S. will hand over the weaponry to the Ukrainian army to combat Russian drones and low-altitude aircraft, the media outlet wrote.
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Ukrainian troops destroy Russian BMP-2 with French-Swedish Bonus artillery projectile
⚡️🇺🇦Ukrainian military personnel from 3 separate assault brigades destroyed/damaged a 🇷🇺Russian BMP-2 using a high-precision 🇫🇷French-🇸🇪Swedish Bonus artillery projectile pic.twitter.com/94a42QFgDb
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 14 juillet 2023Ukrainian military personnel from 3 separate assault brigades destroyed/damaged a Russian BMP-2 using a high-precision French-Swedish Bonus artillery projectile
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Ukraine’s rapid victory expected after Russian forces are demoralized and depleted.
10/ Once they've achieved that to a satisfactory degree, I think we will be surprised – or maybe shocked – at how rapidly the Ukrainians deal with the demoralised, underfed and underequipped men remaining in the Russian trenches. /end
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Ukraine’s counteroffensive: attritional, probing phase targeting Russian logistics and defenses
9/ It should be remembered that Ukraine's counteroffensive is clearly currently in an attritional, probing phase where they are trying to degrade the Russian logistics and artillery, and identify weak points in the defences.
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Ukrainian soldiers lack ammunition in southern Ukraine
In southern Ukraine, relatives say their men ran out of ammunition and were left with automatic rifles they couldn't fire, 'which they can at best use as sticks'.
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Luhansk soldiers short of ammo, facing tanks with rifles
4/ In another video, relatives say that their men in the Luhansk region are so short of ammo that they have to "go with automatic rifles against tanks … when ammunition runs out and they don't bring new supplies, you run with it like with a stick."
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Russian soldiers denied ammunition amidst logistics failures, soldiers turned back
3/ Previous videos have spoken of breakdowns in Russian logistics, where the frontline men have not received food, water or ammunition. This one includes the remarkable statement that men were not allowed to go and get ammunition and were turned back from collecting it.
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Russie : pénurie de munitions près de Bakhmut
2/ The video below, showing men from Russia's 72nd Brigade near Bakhmut, contains some remarkable testimony. The men say that they have literally only a handful (or pocketful) of ammunition and "2 rifles remaining for 22 people."https://t.co/QJVHUNsS5A
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) 14 juillet 20232/ The video below, showing men from Russia's 72nd Brigade near Bakhmut, contains some remarkable testimony. The men say that they have literally only a handful (or pocketful) of ammunition and "2 rifles remaining for 22 people."