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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

Burning through ammo, Russia using 40-year-old rounds, U.S. official says

FILE PHOTO: A view shows remains of MLRS shells used by Russian troops for military strikes of the city and collected by sappers in Kharkiv, Ukraine November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi

Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. military official said on Monday.

"They have drawn from (Russia's) aging ammunition stockpile, which does indicate that they are willing to use that older ammunition, some of which was originally produced more than 40 years ago," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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