In the midst of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, Russia wants to produce more tanks. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said it was necessary to meet the needs of the Russian army in its operation in Ukraine.
Sergei Shoigu, who visited during an inspection at a military factory in the Omsk region (Western Siberia), “set the goal of continuing to increase the production of tanks”, said the Russian army in a statement.
According to the minister, this is necessary to “meet the needs of the Russian forces performing the tasks of the special military operation” in Ukraine, the statement said.
Sergei Shoigu also stressed the need to improve the security of armored vehicles and their crews, according to the same source.
This announcement comes in the midst of a Ukrainian counter-offensive aimed at retaking the territories under their control in Ukraine from Russian forces.
Moscow keeps hammering that this counter-offensive is a failure. kyiv, for its part, claims to have liberated a handful of localities and a hundred square kilometers, mainly on the southern front.