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Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukrainian military intelligence, stated that Ukraine is losing in terms of artillery with a ratio of one piece to 10-15 Russian pieces and is almost solely reliant on Western weapons.

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine is losing in terms of artillery, with one artillery piece to 10 to 15 Russian ones.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine is now almost solely reliant on weapons from the West.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

There is a need for long-range rocket systems to destroy Russian artillery pieces from afar.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukraine is losing the artillery war against Russia and currently relies almost exclusively on Western weapons.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukraine has one artillery unit for every 10-15 Russian artillery units at the front.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Western partners have provided Ukraine with only about 10% of their stockpiles.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukraine uses between 5,000 and 6,000 artillery shells per day.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:26:00.309Z

Source story: guardian-ukraine-says-its-artillery-war-now-everything-depends-on-what-west-gives-us