David Axe, respected and experienced military journalist, says Russia is losing a Battalion every day. Losses have tripled during the Ukraine offensive. Russia has 100 understrength battalions. Increased equipment loss is confirmed. There are about 1000 soldiers per battalion.
The Russian army is losing at least a battalion’s worth of vehicles and men a day as twin Ukrainian counteroffensives roll back Russian territorial gains in eastern and southern Ukraine. That’s hundreds of casualties and scores of vehicle write-offs every day.
In just under two weeks of brutal fighting, the Ukrainians have destroyed, badly damaged or captured 1,120 Russian tanks, fighting vehicles, artillery systems, trucks, helicopters, warplanes and drones, according to the Ukrainian general staff. Independent analysts scouring social media for photos and videos have confirmed nearly 400 of the Russian losses.
The rate of Russian casualties and vehicle write-offs doubled then tripled as the Ukrainians launched their counterattacks.
Kar je še huje za Ruse, pri njihovi opotekajoči obrambi na jugu – in popolnem porazu na vzhodu – jim ni uspelo zadati velikih izgub napadajočim ukrajinskim brigadam. Po grobih ocenah so Ukrajinci od 30. avgusta izgubili desetino vojakov in vozil.
Še huje, zajetja predstavljajo polovico izgub ruskih vozil. Ukrajinska vojska je samo v zadnjem tednu in pol zasegla dovolj ruskih tankov, bojnih vozil in topništva, da bi opremila celotno brigado. Z drugimi besedami, ukrajinska vojska ima zdaj dejansko več vozil, kot jih je imela pred začetkom protiofenzive.
And short of a total national mobilization—a move that could spark a political crisis—Russia has run out of easy sources of fresh troops and equipment.
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