The news comes as multiple Russian ammunition depots have been destroyed by Ukrainian HIMARS precision missile systems, suggesting Moscow is struggling to continue its attack on Ukraine without ammunition. Four such missile systems have reached the Ukrainian frontline after delivery from the United States, and four more are on the way.
Political commentator Thomas Theiner has argued on Twitter that the logistics of the Russian military is a major reason for slow progress and huge losses in the so-called “special operation”.
Speaking about the core issue, Mr Theiner said: “Russian logistics depots are always close to the railways, as the Russian military has a serious lack of logistics units, especially transport units.
“This is compounded by the fact that the Russian military is corrupt and technologically backward, even avoiding things like forklifts or cranes.”
Mr Theiner then discussed how primitive the logistics supply chain in Russia really is.
He continued: “So Russian supplies and ammunition are loaded by hand into trains, transported to the front, unloaded there by hand, loaded into trucks by hand, and then driven to the frontline units where it is hand-loaded again. unloaded.
“It is time consuming. No other army is so retarded.”
The critic went on to say that Russia relies heavily on rail systems to deliver ammunition and supplies to the front lines.
Ukraine has responded to the obvious pattern by destroying railway bridges and tracks in an attempt to frustrate Russian supplies.
Mr Theiner continued his speech: “The Russians are so dependent on the railways that they have 28,500 railway troops charged with repairing and building railways.
“If the Russian army does not have access to the railways, the entire logistics system will collapse.”
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With Ukraine attacking Russian arms depots with such accuracy, there are now fears that Moscow could turn to more long-range weapons to restore the balance in its favor.
The strike on the Kremenchuk shopping center was a clear example of Putin’s ability to use such weapons with devastating consequences.
With the majority of the Donbas region under Russian control, Putin has ordered his troops to march into the region.
Russian forces are now advancing in the Donetsk region, with civilians being urged by Ukrainian officials to leave the area.
Sloviansk has been the victim of a “massive” Russian bombing in recent days, in which at least two people were killed and seven others injured in an attack on a marketplace yesterday.
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Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region, which also includes Sloviansk, told Ukrainian media his “most important advice is to evacuate!”
He continued: “This week has not been a day without shelling.
“The enemy fires chaotically; the attacks are aimed at destroying the local population.
“So again, the most important advice is to evacuate.”
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After failing to move to Kiev at the start of its invasion, the Kremlin said it had diverted its troops to Donbas – the industrial heart of Ukraine, made up of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Experts believe that Russia is trying both to install puppet regimes in the newly “liberated” areas, and to build a land bridge between Russia and previously occupied Crimea.
President Volodymyr Zelensky gave hope to the Ukrainian defense and said he continued to push for improved anti-missile defense systems as air sirens went off across much of the country, including the capital.
He said: “The Russian army is not taking any breaks.
“Our job is to persevere.”
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