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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Ukraine is losing in terms of artillery, with one artillery piece to 10 to 15 Russian ones.
Ukraine is now almost solely reliant on weapons from the West.
There is a need for long-range rocket systems to destroy Russian artillery pieces from afar.
Ukraine is losing the artillery war against Russia and currently relies almost exclusively on Western weapons.
Ukraine has one artillery unit for every 10-15 Russian artillery units at the front.
Western partners have provided Ukraine with only about 10% of their stockpiles.
Ukraine uses between 5,000 and 6,000 artillery shells per day.
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