Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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The contrast with the battlefield over the summer could not be starker. In the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Russia fired roughly 10 artillery rounds for each answering shell from Ukrainian batteries. In Kherson now, Ukrainian commanders say the sides are firing about equal numbers of shells, but Ukraine's strikes are not only longer range but more precise because of the satellite-guided rockets and artillery rounds provided by the West.

"We can reach them and they cannot reach us," said Maj. Oleksandr, the commander of an artillery battery on the Kherson front, who like others interviewed for this article gave only his first name for security reasons. "They don't have these weapons."

Falling rates of Russian fire also speak to ammunition shortages, he said. "There is an idea the Russian army is infinite, but it is a myth," he said. "The intensity of fire has fallen by three times. It's realistic to fight them."

With Western Weapons, Ukraine Is Turning the Tables in an Artillery War - The New York Times

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