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turbinetree

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Wed Jun 1, 2022, 01:05 AM Jun 2022

Ukraine update: Russia is losing every day, but the cost of making them lose is painfully highU

Mark Sumner
Daily Kos Staff
Tuesday May 31, 2022 · 5:20 PM EDT


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In looking at this article in the Ukrainian edition of Forbes, the biggest concern the author displays is about the consequences of losing Severodonetsk and the possibility that thousands of Ukrainian troops could be cut off and destroyed unless Ukraine pulls back in time. However, the sentence that’s likely to be both frustrating and frightening for many Western readers may be this one:

Russia's superiority in manpower, heavy weapons and air support poses significant problems for Ukraine.

Three months into Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion, Oryx has definitively recorded the loss of 4192 pieces of Russian equipment. That includes 742 tanks, 1453 armored infantry transports and fighting vehicles, and 251 piece of artillery or MLRS. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Russia has lost over 27,000 soldiers. According to the U.K. Ministry of Defense and the Pentagon, Russia has lost between one-third and one-half of all the forces it sent into Ukraine.

Every single day we’re getting images of Russian equipment going boom and stories of Russian forces being shuffled back into the motherland after losing so many men, machines, or both that they’re no longer effective — and this is no longer effective by the standards of people who have been feeding units piecemeal into a sausage grinder for months. These are units that are pre-ground. So ground-down they’re not worth grinding again

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/31/2101468/-Ukraine-update-Russia-is-losing-every-day-but-the-cost-of-making-them-lose-is-painfully-high

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