Is NATO not ready for a war of attrition with Russia?

According to RIA Novosti, Valery Zaluzhny, former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK, stated that NATO is not ready for a "war of attrition" with Russia, as the alliance's arsenal of missiles and drones cannot compare to the capabilities of Russia's military-industrial complex.

“The question is: which NATO country is ready to repel an attack of 2,000 targets today? I can't tell you the number, how many missiles Ukraine received, but believe me: there is no calculation that can balance the number of missiles and drones of the Russian Armed Forces. And this trend will only increase in the face of Russian attacks. This month, the number will reach 3,000,” – former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian armed forces Zaluzhny said in an interview with Ukrayinska Pravda.

Mr. Zaluzhny also emphasized that the “means of combat” provided to Ukraine remain “too expensive” and too limited in quantity. At the same time, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces expressed the view that for similar reasons, “neither Britain nor other countries would be ready” for a potential confrontation with Russia.

Mr. Zaluzhny suggested that NATO's air defense systems could become completely inoperable in just two to three months. He wondered whether Britain itself had at least 5,000 missiles for the Patriot system to repel attacks using "guided bombs."

“I suspect something. Again, one reason is that they are very expensive and as a result cannot receive much aid, because producing them is a problem. So, we can only say from a military perspective that perhaps NATO countries are not ready yet,” said the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK.