Huge blow for Putin as tyrant forced to use ‘freshly baked’ missiles to destroy Ukraine as his arsenal dwindles

RUSSIA is bombarding Ukraine with missiles made only a few months ago as pre-war supplies have been used up, weapons detectives in Kiev say.

The freshly baked bombs include the devastating new Kh-69 stealth cruise missile.

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The high-tech weapons have serial numbers showing they were only made in the last three months of last year, bomb blast investigators said.

Former Colonel Andrii Kulchytskyi, a boss at the Kiev The Scientific Research Institute for Forensic Expertise said: “We know they have exhausted their supplies and are using weapons produced during the fighting. The two largest air raids this year, on January 2 and 9, used their latest missiles from late 2023.

“These are like freshly baked rockets going straight from the factory to the front lines.”

Andrii’s laboratory is full of destroyed objects Russian missilesmissiles and drones.

Among them are the remains of a Kh-32 missile that struck the northeastern Sumy region in January.

It is believed to be the latest rocket That of Russia arsenal.

It said ’33’ on the side, indicating it was made in the third quarter of 2023.

The air-to-surface cruise missile – similar to the British storm shadow – was only unveiled for the first time outside Russia in November, during the Dubai Air Show.

Experts fear Vladimir Putin is getting North Korea fill shortages.

At least 20 North Korean missiles have been fired into Ukraine since December, in a sign of Pyongyang’s willingness to make up for Moscow’s deficit.

Experts warned it’s a different story with stupid munitions like heavy artillery shells, which Moscow has in abundance Ukraine is on the back burner.

Michael Clarke of think tank Rusi said: “Russia thinks it needs four million artillery shells this year and is expected to get two million from North Korea.”

Yesterday, Russian S-300 missiles destroyed a train station in the eastern city of Kostiantynivka.

One woman was injured.

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