{"id":1767078,"date":"2022-12-08T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767078"},"modified":"2022-12-08T06:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T11:48:28","slug":"kyiv-reports-that-russia-ran-out-of-iranian-shahed-136-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyiv-reports-that-russia-ran-out-of-iranian-shahed-136-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv Reports That Russia Ran Out of Iranian Shahed-136 Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkyiv-reports-that-russia-ran-out-of-iranian-shahed-136-drones%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767078&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><nav class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 MuiBreadcrumbs-root css-12zkr2g\" aria-label=\"breadcrumb\" data-og-area=\"article-breadcrumbs\">\n<ol class=\"MuiBreadcrumbs-ol css-nhb8h9\">\n<li class=\"MuiBreadcrumbs-li\"><a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-e97p3t\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\">The War Zone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div data-og-area=\"article-header\" class=\"css-itqiyo\">\n<div class=\"css-tomq47\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h6 css-1aggaz0\">Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones were last seen over Ukraine about three weeks ago and its Air Force says Russia likely has none left.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"MuiBox-root css-1kmmp2v\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-79elbk\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1k6rbu\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Ran Out Of Iranian Shahed-136 Drones Says Kyiv\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07\/ShahedTop1.jpeg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07\/ShahedTop1.jpeg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=640 640w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07\/ShahedTop1.jpeg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=750 750w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07\/ShahedTop1.jpeg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=828 828w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07\/ShahedTop1.jpeg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1080 1080w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07\/ShahedTop1.jpeg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07\/ShahedTop1.jpeg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1920 1920w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07\/ShahedTop1.jpeg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=2018 2048w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07\/ShahedTop1.jpeg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=3840 3840w\" title=\"Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Ran Out Of Iranian Shahed-136 Drones Says Kyiv\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-v9jmc5\"><i>Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-i9gxme\">\n<div class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-container MuiGrid-spacing-xs-2 css-i0amj6\">\n<div class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-item MuiGrid-grid-xs-12 MuiGrid-grid-md-8 css-7vczw4\" data-og-area=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-10757gk\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1jm98gf\" data-id=\"page-content\" data-og-area=\"article-blocks\">\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-958tbg\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>As of Tuesday, Iranian-made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/the-last-747-ever-built-has-rolled-off-boeings-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shahed-136 drones<\/a> had not appeared over the skies of Ukraine since the middle of last month and the reason is that Russia likely ran out of them, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"2\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been three weeks\u201d since Ukrainian air defense forces have seen \u201cthe loitering drones of the Shahed-type,\u201d Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, said during a press conference Tuesday at the Ukrainian Media Center. \u201cThere are different thoughts and factors which indicate probably that the first shipment received by the occupiers is over [and] they ran out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio MuiBox-root css-0\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/embed\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-mabil0\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"3\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Russia initially ordered about 1,700 of the Shahed-136 drones, said Ignat, with only about 400 arriving in Russia so far. Of those, he said about 350 were shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces. Those that managed to make it to their targets caused tremendous damage and terrorized Ukrainian civilians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image MuiBox-root css-0\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/image\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-caption css-fqlof0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a residential building in Kyiv destroyed by an Iranian-made Shahed-136 loitering munition. <em>Photo by Oleksii Chumachenko\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/em><\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"4\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The Shahed-136 is a member of a family of designs dating back to around 2014. In addition to widespread use in Iranian service, they have also been transferred to Iranian proxies operating in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. The small gas-powered flying wing-type drones &#8211; that can hit static targets by flying into them and detonating &#8211; began showing up on the battlefield in Ukraine around the middle of September. You can read more about that in our coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/russia-has-begun-using-iranian-kamikaze-drones-on-ukraine\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"5\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>While the idea that Russia ran out of the drones certainly makes sense, it&#8217;s possible that the frigid conditions in Ukraine during winter also had an impact on their use. Icing conditions and just the very chilly atmosphere may be beyond the drones&#8217; performance envelope. Still, Ignat claims this is not the case, stating: <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"6\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>&#8220;So we are being asked if the weather conditions influence or types of dust influence so yes, the weather does influence all types of aerial projectors. But it&#8217;s been three weeks that the Russians don&#8217;t use them anymore. So we have reasons to think that the first shipment is done with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"7\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>On Nov. 1, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/russia-getting-more-iranian-drones-missiles-coming-soon-ukraine-intelligence\">Ukrainian intelligence source told <em>The War Zone<\/em><\/a> that a new shipment of about 200 Iranian combat drones was expected to arrive in Russia within weeks. Ignat on Tuesday said he did not know why Iran hasn\u2019t delivered more Shahed-136 drones to Russia. But Iran is under a great deal of internal and international pressure as the result of domestic protests and global concern about its arms deals with Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"8\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>While Russia may have run out of, or at least is running very low on, Iranian Shahed-136 drones, Moscow apparently still has the ability to produce new missiles, said Ignat, speaking a day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/ukraine-situation-report-war-spills-over-into-moldova-again\">Russia fired about 70<\/a> of those weapons at Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"9\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Some Russian missiles &#8220;were manufactured not so long ago,\u201d said Ignat. \u201cIt is alleged that the manufacture [of the missiles] is still working. Maybe they cannot manufacture the missiles as quickly as they would want to, but they still have those parts, those components that Russia will find it hard to get anywhere else under sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"10\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Russia, despite those sanctions, still has the parts it needs to build and deliver Kalibr and Kh-101 missiles, said Ignat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image MuiBox-root css-0\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"2\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/image\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-caption css-fqlof0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">Kh-101s on a Tu-95 Bear. <em>CSIS.org<\/em><\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"11\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>His statements line up with <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/81bc6b71fdc64361a05a21020c3d6d5e\">the results of an investigation<\/a> released Monday by the Conflict Armament Research (CAR) group showing that Russian missiles launched against Kyiv on Nov. 23 were made just months earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"12\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>\u201cCAR\u2019s latest documentation shows that Russia is still able to manufacture guided weapons after months of sanctions,\u201d the organization said in its report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"13\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>On Nov. 25, two days after a large-scale Russian missile attack on Ukraine\u2019s power infrastructure, CAR field investigators in Kyiv \u201cdocumented remnants of two of the missiles that hit the city. These missiles were Kh-101 air-to-surface guided weapons, a latest-generation model of Russian cruise missiles that entered into service in 2013. The remnants bore marks indicating that the weapons were produced between July and September 2022 and between October and November 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"15\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Ignat added that any future Russian missile wave won&#8217;t come over the next day or so &#8220;because the missile route is programmed ahead. Intelligence is being gathered [from] space and air and land. They gather details about the location of our air defense systems. How to find a way around it. Where to find weak links. We understand that [Monday&#8217;s attack] was not a spontaneous decision. It was prepared earlier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"16\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>But while Russia seemingly still has the capacity to produce some cruise missiles despite dire predictions otherwise, it is apparently burning through artillery ammunition at an unsustainable pace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image MuiBox-root css-0\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"3\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/image\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-caption css-fqlof0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">Troops from the Russian-backed, self-proclaimed Donetsk People&#8217;s Republic (DPR) fire a howitzer near Bakhmut. <em>Photo by Leon Klein\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/em><\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"17\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Russia is using up ammunition \u201cquite quickly,\u201d U.S. National Intelligence Director Avril Haines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/12\/04\/us-intel-chief-on-russia-using-up-ammunition-in-ukraine.html\">said Saturday<\/a> at the Reagan Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"18\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>During its offensive in the Donbas about a month after launching its all-out invasion, &#8220;Russian artillery fired around 20,000 rounds per day, with their peak fire rate surpassing 32,000 rounds on some days,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/static.rusi.org\/359-SR-Ukraine-Preliminary-Lessons-Feb-July-2022-web-final.pdf\">according to a recent report<\/a> by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"19\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>While Haines could not provide a figure in a public forum for Russia\u2019s current artillery burn rate, she said \u201cit\u2019s really pretty extraordinary &#8230; our own sense is that they are not capable of indigenously producing what they are expending at this stage. So that is going to be a challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"20\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>It&#8217;s questionable, anyway, how many additional artillery rounds Russia can produce domestically, which is one reason it has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/ukraine-situation-report-north-korea-covertly-arming-russia\">surreptitiously obtaining some from North Korea.<\/a> Given the importance of artillery in this conflict, any serious shortfall of rounds would prove disastrous for Moscow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"21\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Before heading into the rest of today\u2019s news from Ukraine,\u00a0<em>The War Zone\u00a0<\/em>readers can get caught up on our previous rolling coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/ukraine-situation-report-war-spills-over-into-moldova-again\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"22\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>The Latest<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"23\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>On the battlefield, gains on both sides remain incremental at best, with Russian forces continuing to surround Bakhmut in Donetsk while Ukrainian troops are trying to gain ground around the P-66 highway in Luhansk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list MuiBox-root css-0\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/list\">\n<ul class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph css-1epl32p\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<li>Russian forces continued to defend their positions along the Svatove-Kreminna line against Ukrainian attacks.<\/li>\n<li>Russian forces continued to make incremental gains around Bakhmut but have not yet surrounded the city, and conducted offensive operations in the Avdiivka-Donetsk City area. Ukrainian sources claimed that small Russian assault groups of 15-20 personnel are attempting to penetrate Ukrainian lines.<\/li>\n<li>Russian occupation officials continued the forceful transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts to Russia under the guise that the children require special medical care.<\/li>\n<li>Russian forces shelled more than 20 settlements on the right (west) bank of the Dnipro River and continued to strike Kherson City.<\/li>\n<li>Russian senator Andrey Klishas, of the ruling United Russia party, proposed the Kremlin restrict the ability of Russians who fled the country to avoid mobilization to secure work upon returning to Russia.<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported that the Russian military, in concert with the Russian Internal Ministry, is taking steps to launch an electronic database by February 2023 to document the personal details of all servicemen and restrict their movement even when out of uniform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"25\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Ignat said that Ukraine&#8217;s success against the latest Russian missile barrage was in no small measure thanks to foreign-donated air defense systems and highlights how his nation needs more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"26\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>&#8220;With the high intensity of anti-aircraft combat, it is difficult to provide an exact count, but &#8230; over 60 missiles out of more than 70 were shot down,&#8221; he said. These are numbers that impress not only the Ukrainian people but also our Western partners. Air defense in Ukraine works quite effectively. It needs to be strengthened with modern air defense equipment that we have today, which work effectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"27\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>In particular, he said both the German-supplied IRIS-T and U.S.-supplied National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missiles Systems,\u00a0or NASAMS, &#8220;were used yesterday, and they shot down all the air targets they were aimed at. Again the result is 100%. Both anti-aircraft guns and mobile fire-teams were used, as well as fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft missile troops. All efforts and means were aimed at repelling the aggression, which was achieved quite successfully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"28\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The requested additional air defenses won&#8217;t come in the form of a U.S.-made Patriot air defense battery coming from Poland. Berlin offered Warsaw the Patriot system to help secure its airspace after a stray missile crashed and killed two people in Poland last month. You can read more about that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/ukraine-situation-report-germany-deploying-patriots-to-polands-border\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"29\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Germany, however, shot down a request by the Poles to place it instead in western Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"30\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>&#8220;After talking to [Germany] on Monday, I was disappointed to accept the decision to reject support of [Ukraine],&#8221; Polish Deputy Prime Minster and Defense Minister Mariusz B\u0142aszczak said in a Tweet Tuesday. &#8220;Placing the Patriots [in] western [Ukraine] would increase the security of Poles and Ukrainians. So we proceed to working arrangements regarding the placement of the launcher in [Poland] and connecting them to our command system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"32\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>\u201cWe are not enabling Ukraine to strike beyond its borders,&#8221; State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters Tuesday. &#8220;We are not encouraging Ukraine to strike beyond its borders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"34\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>\u201cEverything we are doing, everything the world is doing to support Ukraine, is in support of Ukraine\u2019s independence, its sovereignty, its territorial integrity,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are providing Ukraine with what it needs to use on its sovereign territory, on Ukrainian soil, to take on Russian aggressors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"35\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>While the Russians talk about President Vladimir Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/ukraine-situation-report-kremlin-says-putin-will-eventually-visit-donbas\">one day visiting the Donbas<\/a>, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky actually made it there today, visiting the town of Sloviansk in the Donetsk Oblast. He also visited an area in the Kharkiv Oblast, where he mingled with wounded troops and handed out medals.  It was his way of celebrating Ukraine&#8217;s Armed Forces Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"36\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The Canadian Armed Forces, among others, sent their best Armed Forces Day wishes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"37\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Ever wondered what it&#8217;s like to fire the turret-mounted 73mm 2A28 smoothbore gun in the Ukrainian BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle? Then check out this video, where the gunner rapidly hand loads OG-15V high explosive rounds, which are too short for the autoloader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"38\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Ukraine is apparently testing a better way for gunners to fire belt-fed weapons, using an enclosed, strap-like device connected to a backpack-stored ammunition reservoir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"39\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday allocated 130 million Hryvnia (about $3.5 million) for the production of locally-made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/ukrainian-battle-buggies-are-out-to-kill-russian-tanks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stugna-P anti-tank missile systems<\/a>, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced on its Telegram page. Officials did not say how many systems would be purchased.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"40\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Bakhmut continues to be a bloody slog for both sides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"41\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>And finally, throughout Russia&#8217;s full-on invasion of Ukraine, its troops have frequently been recorded looting homes and businesses. The latest such video apparently shows Russian troops stealing &#8230; a bathtub.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"42\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"43\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>We will update this story if there is anything major to add until our next new update is posted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-sv5g30\" data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\" data-og-block-nth=\"44\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p><em>Contact the author: howard@thewarzone.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1483lpv\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"stripe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=640 640w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=750 750w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=828 828w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1080 1080w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1920 1920w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=2018 2048w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=3840 3840w\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-7lk7r0\">\n<div class=\"MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-101rrej\" data-og-area=\"more-to-read\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-n8lgqy\">MORE TO READ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The War ZoneIranian-made Shahed-136 drones were last seen over Ukraine about three weeks ago and its Air Force says Russia likely has none left. 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