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Russia's Medvedev says defence factories meeting demand, denies missile shortage

Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev visits the Omsk transport machine factory, in Omsk, Russia February 9, 2023. Sputnik/Ekaterina Shtukina/Pool via REUTERS

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said the country's factories are working round the clock to meet an exponential increase in defence orders, mocking the idea that Moscow's forces in Ukraine were running out of missiles.

Medvedev said Moscow had increased military production "by tens of times" at some factories and was closely studying weapons fired into Russian-held areas from the Ukrainian side in an effort to gain an advantage.

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