![]() Design flawĪccording to specialists, this hemorrhage can be explained primarily by technical characteristics. "We were expecting significant losses, but not on this level," admitted a French military source. In other words, Vladimir Putin may have already lost a quarter of his available fleet. According to specialists, before invading Ukraine, Moscow had about three thousand functioning battle tanks, with an additional stock of about ten thousand more or less well maintained units. Regardless of the actual figure, those losses represent a significant part of the Russian arsenal. Although this cannot be verified, the Ukrainian army claims to have destroyed 1,300 tanks and 3,000 Russian armored vehicles. Yet the losses are undoubtedly underestimated, since this number is based only on visual evidence. ![]() "Seven hundred tanks represents almost the entire fleet available in Western Europe," estimated Léo Péria-Peigné, researcher at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI). ![]() ![]() This is one of the many questions surrounding the Russo-Ukrainian war: why is the Russian army losing so many of its armored vehicles (particularly tanks), in combat? According to the specialized website Oryx (which counts losses on each side based on images broadcast in the media and on social networks), nearly seven hundred Russian tanks have been put out of action since the beginning of the "special operation" launched on February 24 by Vladimir Putin.Ī "colossal" amount, according to military experts. Subscribers only A Russian tank left destroyed, in the northeast of Kyiv, on May 4, 2022. A "colossal" amount, according to military experts.īy Cédric Pietralunga Published on May 21, 2022, at 12:14 am (Paris), updated on May 21, 2022, at 12:14 am ![]() Moscow may have already lost a quarter of its available tanks since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. ![]()
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