The Russian defense industry is unable to meet the military’s need for more tanks and military equipment to support the hundreds of thousands being sent to the front in Ukraine, according to the British Defense Ministry’s daily military update.

According to London, based on data from the UK intelligence services, “On February 9, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called for an increase in the production of Russian tanks during a visit to a plant for the production of transport engines in Omsk. This followed several public comments by President Putin in which he urged the defense industry to better support the “special military operation.”

In its announcement, the British ministry recalls that “in a televised meeting on January 12, Putin accused Denis Madurov, the deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry, of ‘fooling around’, in what was one of the president’s most scathing public statements since the start of the invasion.”

Thus, it is believed that “high-ranking Russian leaders are likely to realize that the state’s military-industrial production represents a critical weakness exacerbated by the strategic and operational miscalculation of the invasion of Ukraine.”

Thus, “production almost certainly does not meet the requirements of the Russian Ministry of Defense to finance the Ukrainian campaign and restore its long-term defense needs.”

The latest military intelligence report on the situation in Ukraine is February 15, 2023.

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British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told Britain’s LBC radio station Wednesday morning that Vladimir Putin does not care about his citizens and insists he is “ignoring reality.”

At the same time, in Kiev, the press secretary of the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, said that the main operational task of the Russian occupiers today is to operate in eastern Ukraine in order to prevent a Ukrainian counterattack.

“The enemy has reserves, there is accumulated manpower, but at the same time there is a problem with equipment,” he points out to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.

“We see that they cannot fulfill the tasks assigned to them, but this does not mean that there will be no further efforts,” he emphasizes, explaining that “the Russians understand that the continuation of the Ukrainian counter-offensive and operations to liberate our territories is unacceptable.” inevitable . The Ukrainian armed forces are preparing, and this plan will be implemented.”

“Therefore, the enemy is in a hurry and now continues to inflict strong blows on both Vugledar and Bakhmut, realizing that an attack by Ukrainian forces is inevitable, trying to prevent it in a certain way,” Mr. Yusov emphasized.

According to the Ukrinform agency, according to information received from the special services of some Western countries, Russia is accumulating fighter jets and helicopters near the border with Ukraine, preparing a massive strike.

Source: UK Department of Defense, LBC, Ukrinform