Russia is one of the biggest artillery manufacturers and stockpilers in the entire world and even they’re suffering some shell constraints. There is a lot of space between “literally all the ammunition you could want” and “zero ammunition”, especially in a conflict like this. Both sides are fighting in a way that will eat basically any volume of artillery ammunition that is available. So no, shell constraints do not indicate a totally destroyed domestic industry.
a factory is a static building that you CANNOT MOVE
That’s why you don’t build it near the front line. Ukraine is big. Russian aircraft attacking a factory in Kyiv or even further west would have to spend absolutely ages in extremely hostile airspace.
Russia is one of the biggest artillery manufacturers and stockpilers in the entire world and even they’re suffering some shell constraints. There is a lot of space between “literally all the ammunition you could want” and “zero ammunition”, especially in a conflict like this. Both sides are fighting in a way that will eat basically any volume of artillery ammunition that is available. So no, shell constraints do not indicate a totally destroyed domestic industry.
That’s why you don’t build it near the front line. Ukraine is big. Russian aircraft attacking a factory in Kyiv or even further west would have to spend absolutely ages in extremely hostile airspace.