Russia Used Up 60% Of Its High Precision Weapons In Ukraine

Russia has used up 60% of its stockpiles of high-precision weapons, Vadym Skibitskyi of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate, told Krym Realii that Russia could not replenish its reserves quickly, Kyiv Independent reported.

Photo Insert: Ukrainian tanks on the march

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko has confirmed that his country is supplying weapons to Russia, proving that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been scrounging for weapons and asking China to provide planes and war materiel.

Belarus and Russia have set up joint programs to work through Western sanctions complicating sales of weapons.

Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anušauskas said on Twitter that his country would send 20 M113 armored vehicles, 10 military trucks, and 10 SUVs to Ukraine. Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia has lost 29,450 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24.

As of May 25, Russia had also lost 1,305 tanks, 3,213 armored fighting vehicles, 2,218 vehicles and fuel tanks, 606 artillery pieces, 201 multiple launch rocket systems, 93 surface-to-air missiles, 170 helicopters, 206 airplanes, 491 drones, and 13 boats.

Retired Russian Major General Kanamat Botashev, an ex-air force regiment commander, has been shot down while flying over Luhansk Oblast, BBC Russia reported, citing three former subordinates of the general. Botashev is reportedly the highest-ranking Russian pilot killed in Ukraine.

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