![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/russia-running-out-of-ballistic-missiles-and-no-longer-targeting-ukrainian-bases/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AA13tZdY.jpeg&description=© AFP The launch of an Iskander missile, pictured during a training exercise in Russia - AFP Russia has exhausted its 'core stocks' of Iskander ballistic missiles and is no longer attacking Ukrainian military bases, Ukraine's air force has said.Shortages of the devastating weapons mean Russia has had to change tactics and is now exclusively targeting critical infrastructure.'The enemy is facing severe shortages of the Iskander missiles. They've already used up their core stocks of them,' said air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat.'We see that the enemy is no longer interested in military targets, in troops or other strategic sites,' he said.To replenish its ballistic missiles stocks, Russia is turning to Iran and North Korea, he added.More than seven metres long and capable of carrying nuclear warheads as well as a conventional explosive payload, the Iskander missiles were introduced in 2006 and reportedly cost about £2.5 million each.A single Iskander destroyed a railway station in the eastern town of Chaplyne in August, killing 25 people including two children.An Iskander missile is believed to have been used in an attack on a Ukrainian base in Mykolaiv in March.More than 40 Ukrainian marines were killed when the missile destroyed their barracks. Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the day's agenda from The Telegraph - direct to your inbox seven days a week. 03:55 PMToday's top stories Russia's partial military mobilisation is complete and 82,000 recruits are already fighting in Ukraine, according to Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Defence Minister. The United Nations said it was "deeply concerned" by Russian lawmakers voting to toughen up a notorious 2013 "LGBTQ propaganda" law. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shattered former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev's dream of a "common European home," Germany's president said. The US and its Western allies dismissed Russia's claims that banned biological weapons activities are taking place in){kind=link}
Russia has exhausted its “core stocks” of Iskander ballistic missiles and is no longer attacking Ukrainian military bases, Ukraine’s air force has said.
Shortages of the devastating weapons mean Russia has had to change tactics and is now exclusively targeting critical infrastructure.
“The enemy is facing severe shortages of the Iskander missiles. They’ve already used up their core stocks of them,” said air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat.
“We see that the enemy is no longer interested in military targets, in troops or other strategic sites,” he said.
To replenish its ballistic missiles stocks, Russia is turning to Iran and North Korea, he added.