Oct. 14 () –
A report from the United States revealed this Friday that the Russian Army has lost nearly 6,000 units of military equipment since February 24 and that it does not have the capacity to replace or manufacture the technology lost at the front due to the effect of the sanctions. Westerners against Russian industry.
Already in May, Washington began to detect critical supply shortages in the Russian ranks, especially diesel engines, helicopter parts, as well as aircraft or armored tanks. Russia’s ability to manufacture precision weapons has also been affected by the export ban, according to a report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
In this way, Moscow is beginning to feel the effects of the sanctions in the face of, for example, the shortage of bearings for military equipment. Thus, according to the report, echoed by the newspaper ‘The New York Times’, Russian intelligence services are acquiring “illegal” technology, while resorting to other countries, such as Iran and North Korea.
In fact, the deputy secretary of the US Treasury Department, Wally Adeyemo, explained this Friday that “Russia cannot access advanced technology”, which “hinders the ability of its defense industry to produce weapons, as well as to replace that have been destroyed in war”.
Two of Russia’s largest domestic microelectronics manufacturers have had to temporarily halt production due to a lack of critical foreign technologies.
Adeyemo has announced that the Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued guidelines warning that sanctions could be extended to all those people, companies or countries that provide ammunition to Russia or support the Russian military-industrial complex.
