Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are likely frustrated at being forced to use old infantry fighting vehicles which they say are aluminum boxes, Britain’s Ministry of Defense has said. in the assessment on Thursday.

By mid-October, during the offensive of Ukrainian forces, losses of Russian armored vehicles increased to more than 40 units of armored vehicles per day: this is about the number of vehicles of a battalion.

In recent weeks, Russia is believed to have procured at least 100 additional tanks and infantry fighting vehicles from Belarusian stockpiles.

British military intelligence says armored vehicles and artillery are essential to Russia’s way of waging war.

Russian troops on the front lines in Ukraine are struggling to supply both artillery ammunition and sufficient serviceable armored vehicles to replace those lost in combat.

In the last day, the Russians lost 27 units of armored vehicles in battles, the Ukrainian army claims.

The General Staff of Ukraine also claims that since the beginning of the invasion, Russia has lost 74,000 soldiers, 2,734 tanks, 5,552 armored fighting vehicles and 1,755 artillery systems.

Eight months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for modernizing the weapons used by his army during a meeting of his coordination council on Wednesday.