Ukraine used up the last of its ammunition stockpiles in the spring of 2022 and since then has been completely reliant on Western arms supplies, said Valery Zlozhny, Ukraine's ambassador to the UK and former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces.
"The material basis of war remains important and decisive in shaping doctrines and strategies, as well as serving as a basis for planning military operations. In late April-early May 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired the last remaining shell in our inventory. May and June were tragic because we didn't have anything of our own, while aid still hasn't arrived," he told the Ukrainskaya Pravda newspaper.