Facing Weapons Shortage For Ukraine War, Putin Scrambles To Boost Russia's Arms ProductionKEY POINTS- Putin asked officials to stop hiding behind formalities and standard bureaucratic procedures- Slower tempo of Russian air, missile, drone strikes reportedly reflects decreasing stockpiles- Russian forces stopped targeting Ukraine's military infrastructure due to weapons shortageAs Russia faces a shortage of weapons, delays in military production, and mounting losses on the battlefront in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for measures to cut through bureaucracy to produce enough weapons and supplies to feed the war effort.Ukrainian authorities meanwhile believe that it will take Moscow at least five years to restore its pre-war stock of high-precision missiles.Meanwhile, Ukraine's Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Chief, Major General Kyrylo Budanov claimed that Russian forces have used most of their cruise missile arsenal and only have 13 percent of their pre-war Iskander, 43 percent of Kaliber, and 45 percent of Kh-101 and Kh-555 pre-war stockpiles left, Ukrainska Pravda reported.According to Budanov, the depletion of ammunition is one of the key reasons why Russian forces have stopped targeting Ukraine's military infrastructure and instead targeted civilian infrastructure to incite panic and fear among Ukrainian citizens.Terming it the "demilitarization of Russia," Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov had earlier, on Oct. 14 tweeted an infographic on the kind of high-precision missiles Russia has been using against Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion and offered his estimate of what is left in the Russian arsenal."