Ukraine has narrowed the artillery gap with Russia and will soon gain a technological advantage.

The Russian military has lost almost its entire advantage in the number of artillery shells it is able to fire over Ukraine in recent months due to production restrictions and Ukrainian strikes on ammunition warehouses. As an example, earlier in the war the Russian army was able to fire at least 400% more shells than the Ukrainian military, but now there are only 1.5 Russian shells for every Ukrainian shell.

As well, 3,000 Ukrainian Starlink terminals used by the military will gain access to the more secure Starshield network. This is an encrypted version of the Starlink satellite network, which is more difficult to jam or hack. This will give Ukraine a technological advantage in the coming weeks.

However, Moscow is still increasing its production of weapons, albeit of low quality due to sanctions. In October, Russia produced more than 2,000 drones, but they are increasingly failing due to defective Chinese motors.