Voloshyn: Russia is losing its advantage in artillery in some areas, but compensates with aviation
Kyiv • UNN
In some areas, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have achieved parity with Russian troops in the use of artillery, changing the ratio from 5:1 to 1:3. The occupiers are compensating for the loss of artillery superiority by using aviation and bombs.
In some areas, the Russian occupiers are losing their advantage in artillery, but they are compensating for this by using aviation and dropping bombs. This was reported by the spokesman for the Khortytsia unit Nazar Voloshyn during a telethon, UNN reports .
Voloshyn commented on the information in the Western press that Ukrainian artillerymen are almost achieving parity with the enemy in the number of shells used: 1:2.5, 1:3.
This primarily depends on the areas and intensity of the fighting. At the beginning of the war, the ratio with the enemy was somewhere around 5:1 in favor of Russia. Now, in some areas, the advantage in the use of artillery shells and artillery on our side is one and a half to one, or even 1:3 in some areas
Voloshyn noted that the enemy is using artillery on larger areas, squares.
“Our artillerymen are sending every shell to the target. Therefore, at the moment the occupants are losing their advantage in artillery, but they are compensating for this by using aviation and dropping bombs,” Voloshyn said.
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On October 1, 2024, First Deputy Minister of Defense Ivan Havryliuk reported that the ratio of artillery ammunition used on the battlefield was 1:3 in favor of Russia, although in the winter of 2024 this ratio was 1:8.
On November 18, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said that the European Union had delivered the promised million of ammunition to Ukraine.
Subsequently, the media, citing sources in the Armed Forces Command, reported that the situation with ammunition at the front had improved compared to 2023.
