“These plans might get off the ground in 10-15, or even 20 years… It is a very difficult task, and not something that can be up and running any time soon. They are making an attempt to expand local [military] production, of course, attempting to subsidize it… But it will take a long time to master the technology,” the retired colonel said.
“But there would be a specific caveat: that they will be under their [the West’s] control and that this production will be geared exclusively for this proxy conflict. The West, of course, will not transfer more serious, high-tech, costly or promising technologies, because it is not at all convinced that it will be able to keep Ukraine under control.”
"Trouble is that these shells are for Western systems. This already requires a complicated production process that Ukraine is not yet ready for; plus, they have a shortage of trained personnel. Don’t forget that, say, out of six mechanics, five have received a draft summons,” the retired colonel said.
"Russia is constantly carrying out precision strikes targeting everything that might increase the combat potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The weapons supplied by Western states are also Russia’s targets. So we are precisely opposing the unfolding of this [military production] process,” Andrey Koshkin underscored.