UK intelligence: War in Ukraine undermined Russia’s military-industrial capacity  

Russia is highly unlikely to be capable of fulfilling some export orders for armoured fighting vehicles because of the exceptional demand for vehicles for Russia’s own forces in Ukraine and the increasing effect of Western sanctions, the UK Defence Ministry wrote on Twitter, Report informs.

According to the ministry, Belarus has recently released details of a new domestically upgraded T-72B main battle tank (MBT): “Belarus probably developed this alternative solution in place of an MBT modification programme previously contracted to Russian state-owned company UralVagonZavod.”

“Russia has long considered the defence industry to be one of its most important export successes,” the tweet said. “However, its military-industrial capacity is now under significant strain, and the credibility of many of its weapon systems has been undermined by their association with Russian forces’ poor performance in the Ukraine war.”