NATO officer announced ‘logistics nightmare’ for Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Ukrainian army faced a ‘logistical nightmare’ because of the intensive expenditure of shells and the variety of artillery systems imported from different countries – as noted by a retired NATO officer Stavros Atlamazoglou during his talk with 19Fortyfive, RIA Novosti reports
He admits that the Armed Forces of Ukraine spend up to six thousand ammunition per day and have already exhausted their own stocks, but this is not the only reason for concern among the Kiev military leaders. The officer recalled that the arsenal of the Ukrainian army consists of ‘a hodgepodge of different weapons’: from Soviet 152-mm howitzers to American M777 systems.
“The difference in calibre means that Ukrainians cannot use the same shells in units, which creates a logistical nightmare,” he said.
