“We are talking about several years, because you cannot start the rapid production of modern types of weapons at the snap of a finger,” TASS quoted him as saying.
According to the commander, it will take several years to return to the original level of stocks of not the most modern weapons.
On May 26, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that London today cannot “take your foot off the gas pedal” on the issue of military assistance to Ukraine.
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace had previously turned to the West to train the Armed Forces of Ukraine more actively in the use of the supplied weapons.
The Russian Embassy has called on Britain to be held accountable for arms supplies to Ukraine.