Russia's Medvedev says Moscow has enough weapons - Yahoo News

(Reuters) - Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev deed backmost connected Tuesday astatine Western reports that Russia is moving debased connected missiles and artillery, saying Moscow's weapons stocks were capable to proceed warring successful Ukraine.

"Our opponents are watching, they periodically marque statements that we don't person this oregon that ... I privation to disappoint them. We person capable of everything," Medvedev said during a sojourn to a Kalashnikov mill successful Izhevsk, astir 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) eastbound of Moscow.

In a video posted connected his Telegram channel, Medvedev was seen inspecting Kalashnikov rifles, artillery shells, missiles and drones.

Ukrainian and Western subject officials person said Russia is facing a shortage of arms aft firing thousands of artillery shells and missiles astatine Ukraine since it invaded precisely 11 months ago.

Medvedev told officials during the sojourn that drones were successful particularly precocious request for what Moscow calls its "special subject operation" successful Ukraine.

Both Russia and Ukraine person utilized drones successful aggregate attacks since the commencement of the warfare arsenic they are comparatively cheap, precise and are seen arsenic safer than manned aircraft.

Iran has supplied Russia with alleged "kamikaze drones" arsenic good arsenic surface-to-air missiles for the conflict, resulting successful caller Western sanctions connected Tehran.

Medvedev, erstwhile seen by the West arsenic its champion anticipation for a rapprochement with Moscow during his clip arsenic president betwixt 2008-2012, has go 1 of Russia's astir hawkish pro-war voices.

After helium stepped down arsenic president successful 2012 to marque mode for Vladimir Putin's instrumentality to the apical job, Medvedev served astir 8 years arsenic Russia's premier curate earlier being sidelined astatine the commencement of 2020.

He is present lawman president of the almighty Security Council and past December became caput of a caller military-industrial committee to oversee weapons accumulation to enactment the war.

Last week helium said a Russian decision successful Ukraine could trigger a atomic war.

(Reporting by Jake Cordell; Editing by Gareth Jones)