Multiple tests confirm that Russian troops have lost more than 4,000 tanks so far in war. The analysts of the Ukrainian documentation group Oryx have certified all these losses, using photographic and video tests.
According to the mediathe number includes both destroyed Russian army tanks, and abandoned and captured. These records began in February 2022 just when Russian siege began in Ukraine. In addition, “its database only includes equipment whose loss has been confirmed through real images”, so “The number is likely to be significantly higher.”
According to the disseminated information, many of these tanks “were destroyed or captured by the Ukrainian army.” In the event that the origin of the tank cannot be established “reliably, it is not included in the list. For example, between 2014 and 2021, that is, before the start of the War on a large scale, Russian invasion forces lost at least 50 tanks of various modifications. This includes Russian T-72b3, which “It was first used by the Russian army against Ukraine in 2014.”
Even so, the agency’s estimates reveal that kyiv destroyed more than 22,000 units of various Russian equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and airplanes. For its part, the General General Staff of the Ukraine Armed Forces reported that until May 29, Their losses reached 10,864 tanks and another 22,645 armored vehicles.
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