Russia plans to produce 7 million artillery ammunition and 3,000 long-range missiles in 2025 - Intelligence

The Foreign Intelligence Service says that this year russia plans to produce 7 million artillery ammunition and 3,000 long-range missiles.

The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Oleh Ivashchenko, said this at a forum in Kyiv, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

"The russian federation plans to produce 7 million large-caliber artillery ammunition. This is more than all European countries produce. They want to produce 3,000 long-range missiles this year," Ivashchenko said.

He also said that the russians are preparing major operations against Ukrainian citizens who are both in Ukraine and abroad this year.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the aggressor country of russia has recruited up to 180,000 prisoners to participate in the war against Ukraine. They and their relatives are deprived of a number of payments and benefits, and also receive lower payments than other russian military personnel. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has given a task to the newly appointed head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Oleh Ivashchenko. Zelenskyy has appointed Oleh Ivashchenko as the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, replacing Oleksandr Lytvynenko.