The soldiers have discovered that many of the new mortar shells failed to explode
The Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation after the troops fighting on the front line received a shipment of defective mortar shells.
The problem was first revealed by Yury Butusov, editor-in-chief of the popular news website Censor.net. He said earlier this month that soldiers from different units complained that many of the 120 mm shells from a newly received shipment either failed to detonate or were unable to fly for more than 50 meters. Some of the shells reportedly got struck in mortar tubes.
He posted a video of a soldier attempting to fire one of the defective shells.
Butusov quoted a soldier as saying that the problem seemed to be the low quality of TNT used in the munitions. According to the journalist, the faulty shells were manufactured in Ukraine. “It is a really serious systemic problem,” he said.
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