Increasing Ukraine’s artillery capabilities will enhance collective security, according to Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov, according to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine’s press service. “We have defended ourselves from more than 7400 missiles of various types and over 3800 Shakhids. At the end of 2023, Ukrainian forces shot down five Russian planes in one week. Recently, we destroyed an enemy A-50 radar plane,” he stated. However, the minister noted that Russia significantly surpasses Ukraine in daily artillery attacks. “Despite this, the reality of this war is that Russia far surpasses u…