Jeg lenker stadig til Daily Kos, der mange skriver gode innlegg, men ta de for det det er.
A pair of reports were released this week providing analyses of Russia’s current fighting capabilities in Ukraine and prospects for the outcome of this illegal invasion.
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Reuters has information from the latest version of the IISS Military Balance estimate of weapons available to each of the world’s militaries.
That estimate suggests that Russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks, “the equivalent of its entire pre-war active inventory.” That number is about half the losses estimated by
Ukraine’s general staff, but in line with the numbers of verified losses collected from videos and photographs."
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"In addition to all that gear, Russia has lost an army’s worth of soldiers. U.S. intelligence indicated that as of December, Russia
had lost 87% of the forces it started with, and that was before another month of lopsided slaughter at Avdiivka."
De erstatter de tanks de mister, men stort sett med oppgraderte gamle tanks fra lager. Disse overlever noen dager på fronten. Og hver av dem som ødelegges reduserer Russlands økonomi siden over 30% av Russlands GDP brukes til militært utstyr.