According to Vladimir Putin, Russia has the upper hand when it comes to the production of military equipment.
However, experts disagree and assume that there will be another information campaign.
Moscow - What about Russia's military strength in the Ukraine war?
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia's production capacities would be significantly increased in the future.
On the other hand, Western countries would not be able to supply Ukraine with enough weapons and ammunition because the fighting was too intense.
That's what Putin said in a television interview on Russian state television.
However, the American think tank “Institute for the Study of War” (ISW) describes the statements by the Russian President as “another foreseeable information campaign to break down Ukrainian resistance”.
And: The statements are overall "not tenable".
US experts: Putin is lying about Russia's production capacities
According to Putin, Russia will build 1,600 new tanks by the end of the year, three times as many as Ukraine.
Furthermore, the Ukrainian troops would expend 5000 artillery shells a day.
At the same time, however, the US could only produce 14000-15000 pieces in a month.
According to the ISW, the statements made by the Russian President are lies.
Russia currently only has one tank factory.
In Uralvagonzavod, a Russian mechanical engineering and armaments company in Nizhny Tagil, 20 tanks can currently be manufactured per month.
Thus, it would take over six years to produce the targeted 1600 tanks.
According to ISW experts, the Russian President's aim was to use his statements to portray support for Ukraine as pointless.
Ukraine war: Russia 'hopelessly inferior' to West in military production
But the Russian president didn't just lie about the production of tanks.
Also when it comes to comparing the production capacities of Russia and the West.
The ISW states that the Russian military-industrial potential is "indeed hopelessly inferior to the western military-industrial potential".
The reason for this is the sheer differences in the respective economic performance of the countries.
For example, the US has a GDP ten times higher than Russia.
Germany, France and Great Britain also have a significantly higher GDP than Russia.
The experts of the ISW come to the conclusion that in order to continue the war, Russia must switch to a full war economy.
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