The crew at an artillery position in eastern Ukraine had 33 shells in its ammunition bunker, stacked neatly like firewood against a wall.
Twenty minutes later, smoke wafted around a howitzer and 17 shells were gone — more than half the crew’s ammunition.
The rapidly depleted stack was emblematic of Ukraine’s dwindling supply of artillery munitions, even as Russian attacks persist.
“Artillery decides battles,” said Capt.
Vladyslav Slominsky, the artillery commander along this section of the front.
Persons:
”, Vladyslav Slominsky, Mike Johnson
Organizations:
“ Artillery, ”, U.S . Congress, Republicans
Locations:
Ukraine, Russia