Artillery is a vital resource for both Moscow and Kyiv ahead of a summer of fighting that is expected to be brutal.
New footage appears to show an explosion engulfing a Russian artillery system behind the front lines in Moscow-controlled territory as Ukraine gears up for an expected Russian summer offensive.A video circulating on social media appears to show Russian forces filming the detonation of a 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled howitzer in an open field at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.
Maintaining stockpiles of ammunition to keep these artillery systems firing has been a pressing concern in Kyiv in recent months, limiting Ukrainian operations as Russia had made inching gains westward.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this month that Russia was able to fire 10 times the number of shells that Ukrainian troops had at their disposal, meaning Moscow will 'be pushing us back every day.
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