Russia has no resources, except for human, to continue war – Budanov

The Russian Federation has no resources, except for human resource, to wage a protracted war.

"He [Putin] does not have resources. Apart from human resource, he no longer has any resources: there is no economy, there is also no military industry resource, and the military reserves have already been exhausted. There is a human [resource], those who say that they have many fallen, they do not think that they have a lot of human material. But this is the only thing they have in sufficient quantity," Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with RFE/RL’s Crimea. Realities project.

According to him, if Russia had no problems with military-industrial complex, it would not have tried to purchase ammunition and weapons from North Korea, Iran, Cuba or Africa.

Budanov noted that in recent years the Russian Federation was a leader among arms and ammunition exporters, not to mention illegal exports. Therefore, it is not surprising that it has already exhausted its resources during the full-scale war.

At the same time, the intelligence chief said that the Russians could hold the defense for a long time with the current resources if they did not take active actions.