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Russia is producing artillery shells around three times faster than Ukraine's Western allies and for about a quarter of the cost (news.sky.com)

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When you definitely understand what a war time economy is.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok so no.

Obviously a country focused on military production can...produce militarily.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Military production accounts for like 6% of Russian GDP. Lives for vast majority of people living in Russia haven't been affected by the war in any way. Maybe read up a bit of history of WW2 to see what focusing a country on military production actually looks like.