Thread by @michaeldweiss

So the latest Ukrainian military stats on Russian losses are out and I decided to do a little compare-and-contrast exercise between what Kyiv says and what @oryxspioenkop has verified so far with respect to destroyed, damaged, captured or abandoned units.

N.B.: @oryxspioenkop acknowledges that what is verified relies on "photo or videographic evidence. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here."

So let's begin, shall we?

As ever, Ukraine defines its terms a bit differently from how we might do in the West. For instance -- and here I mean no offense to those lovable scamps at Tankist Twitter™! -- Kyiv almost certainly uses "tanks" promiscuously to include also APCs, AFVs and IFVs.

So I've included @oryxspioenkop's stats for those.

Oryx: 353
Ukraine: 389

(Not bad!)

Artillery:

Oryx: 51
Ukraine: 125

Multiple Launch Rocket Systems:

Oryx: 19
Ukraine: 58

“Air Defense Systems” (again, Kyiv's definition here may be a bit too loosey-goosey for AD purists, but note the near match-up):

Oryx: 35
Ukraine: 31

Aircraft (Fixed-wing):

Oryx: 12
Ukraine: 83

“Automotive Equipment” (Kyiv's term: your guess is as good as mine here, but I've started with trucks and jeeps and added in @oryxspioenkop's categories for infantry mobility and engineering vehicles):

Oryx: 382
Ukraine: 558

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles:

Oryx: 3
Ukraine: 7

No doubt I may have made a few mistakes here in my own category assumptions, but I think it's still a pretty useful comparative analysis.