The Russian armaments industry works around the clock, according to the top Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev drastically increased orders to fulfill. The deputy chairman of the National Security Council denied that the Russian armed forces in Ukraine were running out of missiles in an interview published on Saturday by the magazine “National Defense”. In some companies, the government has weapons production tenfold, said Medvedev, who was the country’s former president and now heads the Military-Industrial Commission that controls the defense industry. The armaments companies would “completely” cope with the increased demand.
According to Western and Ukrainian intelligence, some models are going more Russian Missiles running out and Russia is having trouble replenishing the arsenal due to Western sanctions Microchips were missing. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said last week that Russia had lost about half of its best tanks in the year-long war and was struggling to replace them. Medvedev rejected this view.