Ukraine Has Caught Up With Russia’s Tank Numbers, Data Signal
New data on military aid to Ukraine highlights a significant change in the balance of heavy weapons on the nation’s battlefields after more than 16 months of war.
An update Thursday of the Ukraine Support Tracker database maintained by Germany’s
Kiel Institute for the World Economy said Kyiv’s backers had delivered 471 new tanks since the start of the war, with a further 286 still to arrive, even as the rate of new pledges slowed.
Combined with a tally of equipment lost or captured by the open source intelligence group Oryx, widely considered to be conservative, the figures suggest that Ukraine’s tank fleet has grown since the start of the invasion last year, even as Russia’s has halved.
The gap also narrowed in terms of artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems, although by much smaller margins.
The data on tanks in particular tallied with parliamentary testimony given by UK Chief of the Defense Staff Tony Radakin on Tuesday.
“Russia has lost nearly half the combat effectiveness of its army,” Radakin told the legislature’s defense committee. “Last year it fired 10 million artillery shells but at best can produce 1 million shells a year. It has lost 2,500 tanks and at best can produce 200 tanks a year.”
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Itse yritin tätä ajatusta tällä palstalla esittää jo sodan alkuvaiheessa, mutta eipä se saanut kannatusta. Täälläkin kiivain porukka nauttii, kun saavat seurata sotapornoa ja sitä, että ryssää tapetaan, sairasta.
