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[Regnum] In the first quarter of 2026, Ukraine continued to face critical shortages of ammunition and drones. This was stated in a Pentagon auditors' report to the US Congress released on May 18.
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces are facing a degradation of capabilities," the report's authors noted.
The document also states that the number of conscripts in Ukraine is declining, and the training of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers leaves much to be desired.
In the same report, Pentagon representatives indicated that the Russian Armed Forces retain the strategic initiative in the conflict zone, and that the strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on targets in Russia are chaotic and do not affect the combat capability of the Russian Federation.
Kyiv's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has previously repeatedly stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are facing ammunition shortages due to the cessation of direct arms supplies from the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, stated that if arms supplies to Kyiv were to cease, the conflict in Ukraine would end within two to three months. At the same time, the Russian leader emphasized that no Western military aid to Ukraine would affect the progress of the special operation or the achievement of its objectives.