Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with a high failure rate as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior US military official said.
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the official said that They are drawing from (Russia's) aging stockpile of ammunition, which indicates that they are willing to use that old ammunition.
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the official on condition of anonymity said Some of which were originally produced more than 40 years ago.
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The United States has accused Russia of turning to Iran and North Korea for more ammunition power as they run out of regular supplies of ammunition.
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A senior US military official estimated that Russia would burn through its entire usable stockpile of ammunition as early as 2023 if it did not resort to foreign suppliers and old stockpiles.
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the official said that The rate at which Russia is using up its artillery and rocket munitions is fully serviceable artillery and rocket munitions. They could probably do it as early as 2023.
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US and Ukrainian officials say Iran has handed over drones to Russia for use in Ukraine.
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Moscow is trying to obtain hundreds of ballistic missiles from Iran and is offering Tehran unprecedented military and technical support in return, Britain's ambassador told the United Nations on Friday.
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Barbara Woodward added that Britain is "almost certain that Russia is looking to procure weapons from North Korea (and) other heavily sanctioned states, as their own stocks are clearly dwindling."
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Russia has denied using Iranian drones to attack Ukraine and supplying weapons to North Korea.