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Ukraine will have lost 20% of its military equipment in two weeks
Ukraine will have lost 20% of its military equipment in two weeks
In the first two weeks of one of its counterattacks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reportedly lost 20% of its military equipment. Between… 16.07.2023, Sputnik World
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Despite the Kiev military’s shift in strategy, the outlet maintains that “Ukrainian soldiers are fighting against formidable Russian defenses,” destroying Western-made armored vehicles and tanks, according to U.S. and European government sources. Anonymity. The New York Times calculated an approximate number of some of the Ukrainian regiments based on open sources and databases from Oryx, a military analytics platform that visually recorded some of the equipment destroyed. The article argues that the 47th Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade received 99. Bradley vehicles, at least 28 of which have already been destroyed, 15 of which are in a village in the Zaporozhye region. In addition, between June 8 and 9, Kyiv reportedly lost six more vehicles to landmines and helicopter attacks. In this way, it is estimated that this regiment alone has already lost a third of its military equipment. “Problems are evident in the cultivated fields of southern Ukraine, where much of the fighting is taking place,” it said. Counterattack. There, Bradley fighting vehicles, long favored by Ukrainians, run over anti-tank mines on a daily basis.” The diary compiles the testimony of a Ukrainian soldier who was riding in a Bradley vehicle that hit a mine. Although soldiers were not seriously injured, the vehicle was disabled. Oryx data show Ukraine lost 24 Panther tanks in June, Some, and at least 10 of the 32 that Germany had sent for the 33rd Mechanized Brigade, were engaged in direct counterattacks. The newspaper also pointed out that the percentage of equipment losses for Zelensky’s forces had dropped to 10%, as some of the results obtained also slowed the pace of the counterattacks, as of the 60 miles they wanted to advance, only five advanced according to the newspaper. “Russia had been preparing for a counterattack for months, and was loaded with mines, tank traps and entrenched troops, while Russian spy planes and attack helicopters flew in,” the article says. Not surprisingly, Ukraine suffered relatively heavy losses in the early stages of the counteroffensive.”
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In the first two weeks of one of its counterattacks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reportedly lost 20% of its military equipment. According to the American newspaper ‘The New York Times’, the materials that Kyiv has received from Washington and its allies in recent months may have been casualties.
The New York Times Estimated numbers for some Ukrainian regiments were calculated based on open sources and databases from Oryx, a military analytics platform that visually recorded some of the destroyed equipment.
“Up to 20% of the weapons sent to the battlefield have been damaged or destroyed in the first two weeks of the intense Ukrainian counteroffensive,” the outlet says.
“Trouble is visible in the crop fields of southern Ukraine, where most of the counterattacks are taking place, where Bradley fighting vehicles, long favored by Ukrainians, run into anti-tank mines daily”.
The diary compiles the testimony of a Ukrainian soldier who was a passenger in a Bradley vehicle that fell into a mine. Although the soldiers were not seriously injured, the vehicle was disabled.
“In other words, the regiment lost 30% of the Leopards they were given, two of them in the first week of the attack,” he says. The New York Times.
The newspaper also points out that the percentage of equipment losses for Zelensky’s forces decreased to 10%, because some results obtained also decreased the speed of the counterattack, because of the 60 miles they wanted to advance, only five were advanced according to the newspaper.
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