Russia has a missile problem

Russia likely faces obstacles in replenishing its missile supply, a think tank has said, 18 months into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched by President Vladimir Putin.

The Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based think tank, said in its latest analysis of the conflict on Wednesday that both Ukrainian and Russian sources report the Russian defense industrial base (DIB) faces "growing challenges" in replacing basic supplies, in addition to "known challenges in rebuilding its stocks of precision weapons."

Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence (GUR) Representative Andriy Yusov also said on Wednesday that Russia can only produce "dozens" of Kalibr cruise missiles and smaller numbers of Iskander missiles per month, which will not enable Russia to the replenish its pre-2022 stocks, the ISW noted.