Russian artillery
Russian troops fire an artillery piece during exercises in the Rostov Region in April 2020.
  • Russia and Ukraine have relied heavily on artillery to batter each other's forces.
  • Both sides have had to scramble to find more ammunition to keep those guns firing.
  • The dynamic has prompted Russia to reevaluate how it fires its big guns.

As the war in Ukraine has become an artillery battle, both sides are scrambling to compensate for a shortage of howitzer shells.