⚡️ Russia suffers ‘wild shell hunger’ as Ukraine hits arms depots with long-range Western rockets.
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 11, 2022
Vladimir Putin’s forces face ‘out of the blue’ ammunition shortages as warehouses destroyed ‘one by one’ using Himar and MLRS weapons
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🔴 Russia is running short of ammunition for its armies fighting in Donbas after Ukraine hit several arms depots with new Western long-range artillery, a pro-Russia blogger has said
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 11, 2022
The hits on at least five depots lying miles behind the frontline between Donetsk and Luhansk began on Friday and set off explosions at each site that lasted several hourshttps://t.co/4zqzpwBDL8 pic.twitter.com/bb4jWGNlmA
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 11, 2022
✍️ In his blog, Fighting Cat Murtz, a pro-Russia former rebel fighter, blamed Russian commanders who knew that Britain and the US were supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles but still stored ammunition within their range
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"Now we've lost these warehouses one by one," he wrote. "Instead, out of the blue, a wild 'shell hunger' has just been created by the enemy who has mastered new foreign artillery systems and MLRS."
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 11, 2022
🎯 MLRS are British long-range artillery systemshttps://t.co/4zqzpwBDL8 pic.twitter.com/pQrcrsYFBX
Igor Strelkov, a former commander of rebel forces in the Donetsk People's Republic, who had strong links to Russia's FSB, confirmed Fighting Cat Murz's information...
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 11, 2022
🔴 He said that 10 ammunition dumps had been hit over the past week by Ukrainian missiles, and that several oil depots and a dozen command posts had been destroyed
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 11, 2022
🗣️ "The Russian air defence system … turned out to be ineffective against massive strikes by Himar missiles," he said on his Telegram channel, which has 400,000 followers.
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 11, 2022
"There have been big losses in personnel and equipment"https://t.co/4zqzpwBDL8 pic.twitter.com/6BLTulUWa0
Ukraine's strike against Russian command posts and ammunition supplies came after further US deliveries took the total number of Himars on the battlefield to ninehttps://t.co/U7VX3SNC6F
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 11, 2022
🇺🇦 Ukrainian forces had been begging for long-range artillery to even up the massive imbalance of weapons in the Donbas, where Russian forces have conquered town after town - mainly by bombing them into submission@RolandOliphant and @jkjourno report 👇https://t.co/4zqzpwBDL8
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 11, 2022
