The British defense ministry has called Russia's military production a 'critical weakness,' heavily impacted by the war in Ukraine. 'It is clear that in this case, it is natural for us to increase production of various armaments including modern tanks,' he said on February 9. Russian brigade destroyed and reconstituted up to 8 times after losses: ISW.Russian charged with 'badmouthing' military after private call wire-tapped.Putin to station nuclear weapons in Belarus for first time in decades.Russia's forces making 'no progress' in key offensive: Former commander.In early February, Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and current deputy chairman of Russia's security council, said Moscow would be increasing its modern tank production after Western countries donated main battle tanks to Ukraine. Russia would need to produce 1,350 tanks in the next nine months to keep its stocks at current levels, the ISW calculated. Moscow will therefore need to take old tanks from storage and refurbish others to hit Putin's figure, the ISW said. It would take six years for Russia's only tank manufacturer to hit this figure at its current production rate, the think tank added. Russia will have at least 'three times' the number of tanks at its disposal compared to Ukraine, Putin told state media.īut the targets laid out by Putin ignore Russia's 'limited industrial capacity' to quickly produce advanced tanks, as well as their losses on the battlefield, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank said on Saturday. On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would produce and upgrade a total of more than 1,600 tanks in the next three years. In its daily report on Saturday, Russia's defense ministry said Ukraine had lost 8,399 tanks and other armored combat vehicles since February 24, 2022. Russian forces lost 15 tanks in a single day, Kyiv said on Sunday.

A Ukrainian serviceman stands near a destroyed Russian tank in the northeastern city of Trostyanets, on March 29, 2022.

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