In the previous year, Volodymyr and his soldiers could simultaneously fire all 40 barrels of their BM-21 Grad rocket launcher. They are now only able to fire a few shots at a time against Russian targets.
He says, “We don’t have enough ammunition for our weapon.”
His outfit, the 17th Tank Battalion, is still needed to help Ukrainian forces desperately holding on to Bakhmut, the eastern Ukrainian city that Russia has been attempting to annex for months.
Russian forces are incurring significant costs as they approach their aim of capturing the city.