“This is the economy” - the expert explained the weak attacks of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian targets

The Russian military industry is scooping up all Soviet reserves for use in battle, so as not to overload the domestic economy.

Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel, military expert Andrei Marochko said this on radio “KP,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.

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_{“What is the reason for such a weak intensity of strikes on their targets?” – asked the radio host.}

“War is not only active hostilities, it is also an economy. If we use resources unreasonably and irrationally, we will simply burn them down the drain,” Marochko said.

_{“Resources or will we burn Ukraine?” – the presenter clarified.}

“No, unfortunately, we will burn our resources and drive the economy beyond Mozhai. Because using expensive precision-guided ammunition is very expensive. Despite the fact that this is much cheaper than Western samples, we are not interested in them, but we are interested in those samples that are produced here in the Russian Federation. Naturally, all this places a burden on the economy. Our economy must develop and must not go into recession. If we, say, start raking out the fat that we have, then we may simply end up with bare pockets,” the expert answered.

He emphasized the importance of skillful use of the existing arsenal, in which he particularly emphasized strikes against the enemy with controlled glide bombs.

“It is the rational conduct of combat operations that allows the economy to function normally and combat operations to be conducted normally on the front line. Therefore, even old Soviet reserves are used, the same guns that date back to the Great Patriotic War, but they show themselves to be quite effective. This is all that we already had, something that does not need to be produced.

We also now have munitions that deserve the Hero of the Russian Federation title for their invention: the very same UPABs ( guided glide bombs – ed. ). Essentially, rusty metal that was sitting in unusable warehouses, dating back to the 50s, has been turned into precision-guided munitions. So, for a fraction of the cost of producing, say, the Kalibr missiles, we're producing precision-guided munitions that, by the way, enemy air defenses can't handle. That's simply remarkable!

And the destructive power - you have all seen footage of these UPABs, there are various modifications, but in essence it is a very terrible thing, and the enemy is very afraid of it. And it is quite effective. By releasing, roughly speaking, 30 km from the target the same bomb, which should stupidly fall down and simply explode, now it doesn’t just fall, but flies to where it should fly,” Marochko said.

“And these nuances and subtleties allow us to win, because not only active combat operations at the front. All this works together. These include the rear services, and our military-industrial complex. And if there is a drawdown somewhere, it will negatively affect the entire range of activities. And now there are a lot of phrases that there is not enough ammunition, there is a shortage of shells, but everything needs to be used rationally and wisely,” the expert concluded.