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[global times report] according to reports from ukraine's "kiev independent" and other media on the 15th, ukrainian presidential adviser alexander kamyshin said in an interview with the media that ukraine has begun to produce 155mm caliber artillery shells on its own.

kamyshin, data map, source: foreign media

the kyiv independent reported that before being appointed as an adviser to the ukrainian president, kamyshin served as the minister of strategic industries of ukraine. the report said that kamyshin said in an interview that during his tenure as minister of strategic industries, the output of ukrainian military supplies increased. "by the end of this year, the output will have tripled. we continue to work hard," he said.

the kiev independent also stated that ukraine has long been trying to increase domestic ammunition production to reduce its dependence on western partners. the ukrainian independent news agency reported that kamyshin also said in the interview, "i can't reveal too much, but we have started to produce 155mm caliber artillery shells on our own."

it is worth noting that on september 14, local time, ukrainian president zelensky delivered a video speech, calling on relevant countries, including the united states, not to delay providing military aid to ukraine. "it is crucial that countries, especially countries like the united states, should truly and quickly implement the agreement we have reached." zelensky said, "every delay in implementing the military aid plan will have an adverse impact on the front line, and every truly timely and rapid provision (of military aid) will have a positive impact."

earlier this month, zelensky also revealed that the ukrainian army was producing its own weapons. according to the ukrainian independent news agency and other media reports on the 7th, zelensky revealed during an economic forum in italy that ukraine is building an underground weapons factory and will begin producing weapons in underground facilities so that the ukrainian army can have weapons to defend itself in the event that its western partners delay the supply of weapons.

since russia launched a special military operation against ukraine in february 2022, the united states and several western countries have provided weapons and equipment to ukraine, causing dissatisfaction on the russian side. recently, when the ukrainian army entered russia to carry out operations, whether western countries would relax restrictions on the use of weapons provided by the ukrainian army has aroused attention. according to russian news agency and other media reports, russian president putin said on the 12th of this month that the direct involvement of nato, the united states and european countries in the russian-ukrainian conflict will completely change the nature of the conflict, which "will mean that they will go to war with russia" and russia will "make appropriate decisions" based on the threats faced. reuters said that this is putin's "toughest statement" so far on the topic of nato lifting restrictions on ukraine's use of foreign aid long-range weapons. russian presidential press secretary peskov said on the 13th, "we have no doubt that president putin's statement has been conveyed to the recipient." peskov also said, "president putin's statement is very important, very clear and unambiguous. don't have any double interpretation of it."