Despite help from the West: Ukraine's arms industry is lagging behind. Russia produces around three times as much as the USA and EU combined.
Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has shifted Russia’s economy into “war economy’ The question arises as to when the West will be able to meet Ukraine's ammunition needs. There are already fears that this will only happen in a few years. The EU has already had to admit that it cannot keep its ammunition promise to Ukraine. By March they had actually promised Ukraine a million rounds of artillery ammunition.