MOSCOW, March 21. /TASS/. Production of components to artillery munitions for supplies to the special military operation zone has skyrocketed by almost 2.5 times, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a working meeting with chief executives of Nizhny Novgorod defense plants.

The Defense Minister inspected performance of the state defense order at plants in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the defense ministry said.

"Speaking about manufacturing of artillery munitions, the volume of production of components to such ammunition was increased by almost 22 times. Seventy-five percent of components are restored, making it possible for us to maintain supplies of munitions to the zone of the special military operation at a sufficient level. That is, the tasks we set a year ago were accomplished. New shops were built and they started working in full swing," the minister said.