Ukraine's strikes on Russian logistic hubs exacerbates shortage of munitions

Ukraine's targeting of Russia's logistic hubs and lines of communication have exacerbated Moscow's shortage of munitions, according to the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

In an update on Twitter, the MOD said Russia's withdrawal from the west bank of the Dnipro River gave Ukraine the chance to strike "additional Russian logistics nodes and lines of communication".

"This threat has highly likely prompted Russian logisticians to relocate supply nodes, including rail transfer points, further south and east," the MOD said.

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"Russian logistics units will need to conduct extra labour-intensive loading and unloading from rail to road transport.

"Road moves will subsequently still be vulnerable to Ukrainian artillery as they move on to supply Russian forward defensive positions.

"Russia's shortage of munitions (exacerbated by these logistics challenges) is likely one of the main factors currently limiting Russia’s potential to restart effective, large scale offensive ground operations."

It comes after the MOD said Russia's tactic of targeting and destroying Ukrainian infrastructure has "likely been blunted because Russia has already expended a large proportion of its suitable missiles against tactical targets".