{"id":2247204,"date":"2024-05-17T19:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T23:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-forces-enjoy-artillery-shell-delivery-milestone\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T19:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T23:23:59","slug":"ukrainian-forces-enjoy-artillery-shell-delivery-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-forces-enjoy-artillery-shell-delivery-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian forces achieve milestone in artillery shell delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fukrainian-forces-enjoy-artillery-shell-delivery-milestone%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=2247204&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--><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed a significant improvement in artillery ammunition supply, \u2064ending years of scarcity for frontline brigades. This progress follows increased Western military aid approved\u2063 by Congress. With shipments\u2062 of \u200bammunition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strikes-back-at-syria-after-missile-defense-shield-fails\/\" title=\"Israel Strikes Back At Syria After Missile Defense Shield Fails\">air defense systems<\/a>, and armored vehicles, Ukraine&#8217;s forces have successfully stabilized\u200c the\u2064 situation near Kharkiv. The aid aims to counter Russian advancements, emphasizing \u200dthe strategic importance of military support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An artillery ammunition shortage that haunted Ukraine\u2019s troops throughout a hard winter\u2019s combat with Russia has been eased, according to Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time in years of war, none of the brigades complain that there is no artillery shell,\u201d Zelensky told Ukrainian media on Friday. \u201cAnd this has been happening for the past two months. However, much more work still needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That update points to progress in the delivery of Western military equipment, weeks after Congress authorized President Joe Biden to provide additional U.S. military supplies to Ukraine. It\u2019s a particular boon for Ukrainian troops positioned opposite Russian artillery batteries that were equipped for \u201cfiring at least five times as many artillery rounds as Ukraine,\u201d according to an April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/05\/world\/europe\/ukraine-ammunition-shells-russia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>estimate<\/a> in the <em>New York Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re being shipped vast amounts of ammunition, vast amounts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/natos-eastern-flank-being-fortified-with-f-35s-ah-64s-and-troops\/\" title=\"NATO\u2019s Eastern Flank Being Fortified With F-35s, AH-64s and Troops\">short-range air defense systems<\/a>, and significant amounts of armored vehicles right now,\u201d\u00a0four-star U.S. Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, the NATO supreme allied commander in Europe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3007428\/blackouts-kyiv-russia-ukraines-power-grid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>With that assistance, Ukrainian forces have been able to \u201cstabilize the Russians where they are now\u201d near Kharkiv, a major Ukrainian city in the northeastern border region where Russian forces have advanced in recent days. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crossing of the border by the Russians is due to a lack of air defense. They operate with aerial bombs and artillery where they have an advantage,\u201d Zelensky said before allowing himself a thinly veiled expression of frustration with the political impasse that caused such a protracted lapse of equipment from the United States. \u201cEight months of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-forces-enjoy-artillery-shell-delivery-milestone\/\" title=\"Ukrainian forces receive significant artillery shell shipment\">partners delaying decisions made<\/a> it difficult for our troops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Moscow has \u201ccurrently no plans\u201d to take Kharkiv, characterizing the offensive instead as an operation to shield Belgorod, a city on the Russian side of the border, from Ukraine\u2019s attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey keep targeting the city center and residential areas,\u201d Putin told reporters while traveling in China. \u201cI said it publicly that if it continued like that, we would have to create a safety zone, a kind of sanitary zone. This is what we are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Ukraine\u2019s top general forecasts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2024\/05\/17\/7456235\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u201cheavy fighting\u201d<\/a> in the region. Ukrainian Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander in chief of the Ukrainian military, said Russian commanders are \u201ctrying to force us\u201d to commit more reserve forces into the sector. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder such circumstances, we must prevent the further advance of the enemy troops by steadily maintaining the occupied lines and positions, inflict maximum losses on him with air strikes, missile systems, artillery and tank fire, and also create conditions for defeat by the actions of mobile assault groups and units with attacks on the flank and rear from different directions,\u201d Syrskyi <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/osirskiy\/692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> on social media, per an unofficial translation. \u201cOf course, we must make the most of our advantage in attack UAVs in combination with the use of EW and accurate artillery fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky also cited Ukrainian drones as a key asset, albeit one that is still underfunded. \u201cWe are starting to produce a lot of them, but there is not enough money for them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are capable of producing more than there is money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently announced a significant improvement in artillery ammunition supply for troops battling Russia. He mentioned that after years of scarcity, all brigades now have access to artillery shells, marking a crucial milestone in the ongoing conflict. The enhanced ammunition availability is a relief to the Ukrainian forces amid the challenging winter combat conditions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2743,"featured_media":2247205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zelensky.jpeg.optimal.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zelensky.jpeg.optimal.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}