Ukrainian Intelligence: Russia “patches up” broken units in Ukraine with rusty equipment from the 1960s
IRYNA BALACHUK — THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022, 14:41
The Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has reported that Russia cannot fully restore the combat capability of military units withdrawn from Ukraine.
Source: The Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on Facebook
Quote: "The consequence of economic sanctions imposed by the world's leading powers on the aggressor country is the significant decline of Russia's defence industry.
Having lost a significant part of their technical military potential during the war in Ukraine, the Russians are already being forced to supply units that have suffered irreparable losses with equipment that was produced in the 1950 or 1960s."
Details: According to intelligence, Russia is taking out equipment that has been rusting for decades in long-term storage warehouses. The military is being forced to accept these "rusty and rotten" vehicles and report to command about the "full manning and provision of combat units."
The Chief Intelligence Directorate found out that during April, the following equipment was withdrawn from Russian Federation storage bases:
- 18 Msta-S self-propelled artillery units from the arsenal of missile and artillery weapons of the Eastern Military District (Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai);
- 28 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery units from 94 Main Missile and Artillery Control arsenal (Omsk);
- 15 Msta-S self-propelled artillery units, 5 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery units and 20 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery units from the complex storage arsenal (Gagarinsky, Sverdlovsk region);
- 15 Uragan [Hurricane] MLRS and 11 Tochka-U Tactical Operational Missile Systems from the 109th arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (Batareyna, Irkutsk region).
Also, according to Ukrainian intelligence, the restoration of the combat capability and staffing of the troops of the Western Military District is carried out with the help of weapons and military equipment removed from storage at the 239th mobilisation deployment supply centre (Boguchar).
Background:
Intelligence reported earlier that Russia's "newest" missiles used the PGI-2M navigation system, developed in 1977, while "modern" guidance units were developed in the 1960s and 1970s.
