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Russia resumes mass production of Soviet-era armored vehicles — OSINT analyst

Russia has sharply increased production of its BTR-82 armored personnel carriers, effectively reviving large-scale manufacturing of Soviet-style military hardware, open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyst Jompy reported.

1 November 2025, 12:30 PM

Azerbaijan may supply Ukraine with Soviet-era firepower

Azerbaijan can transfer dozens of various types of Soviet and Russian made weapons to Kyiv from its arsenals, if it lifts the arms embargo on Ukraine, Defense Express reported on Aug. 11.

11 August 2025, 02:13 PM

Russia’s aging arsenal stockpile near breaking point, shortages looming

Russia repaired and built more than 1,500 tanks and 2,800 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers in 2024, enough to compensate for most of its equipment losses last year, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported Feb. 13.

14 February 2025, 09:15 AM

Putin’s war machine slowing down as Soviet-era weapons dry up - Russian media

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has significantly depleted the Soviet military-industrial complex legacy, therefore limiting Russia’s ability to sustain offensive operations, Russian outlet the Insider wrote on Jan. 29.

30 January 2025, 08:22 AM

Why Ukraine ended up with fewer ballistic missiles than Russia after Soviet Union's collapse

Taras Zhovtenko, a political science PhD and security analyst with the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, explained in an interview with Video NV why Ukraine ended up with far fewer ballistic missiles than Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

14 September 2024, 02:50 PM

Russia faces equipment shortage, may adopt defensive tactics

Russia is rapidly depleting its Soviet-era stockpile of tanks, armored infantry vehicles, and artillery, which it retrieves from storage and refurbishes to sustain its offensive operations in Ukraine's Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts, The Economist reported on July 16.

17 July 2024, 03:49 PM

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