President Vladimir Putin has ordered production to be cranked up to ensure Moscow achieves the aims of what he calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine despite the West supplying Kyiv with weapons worth billions of dollars and imposing unprecedented Western sanctions on the Russian economy.
Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the armament complex at Rostec, the Russian state corporation which controls much of the weapons industry, said production volumes for various types of weapons had increased from between two and 10 times.
And for some types of hardware, output had been boosted "by tens of times," said Ozdoev. "We are going forward at cruising speed, smoke from all the pipes," he said.
Ozdoev said there had been significant growth in production of tanks, armoured vehicles, rocket launchers, artillery, the Iskander short-range ballistic missile, the Pantsir medium-range surface-to-air missile system and the hypersonic Kinzhal missile.
He did not detail the total volume of weapons produced.
Rostec, which is sanctioned by the West, is run by Sergei Chemezov, a close Putin ally. It controls 800 Russian civilian and defence entities and is by far Russia's biggest arms producer.
The U.S. Treasury calls Rostec "the cornerstone of Russia's defense, industrial, technology, and manufacturing sectors."
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
"Unjustified": Russia On India Facing "Enormous Pressure" Due To Energy Ties Russia Says It's Ready To Work With Any US Leader Russia, Ukraine Exchange 95 Prisoners Of War World's Largest Isolated Tribe Makes Rare Appearance In New Footage "Sell Golgappas?": Kangana Ranaut On Shankaracharya's Remark On E Shinde Why BJP Lost Lok Sabha Polls In Uttar Pradesh - 6 Reasons In Party Report Bengaluru Blues: When Policies Clash With Progress PM Modi Chairs Security Meet Amid Rising Terror Attacks In Jammu 2 Soldiers Injured As Another Encounter Breaks Out In J&K's Doda Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.