@DefenceU claims to have taken out FORTY FOUR Russian tanks in just one day. This is a huge number, and really shows the balance of power shifting in Ukraine's favor. 2/6
This means that #Russia has lost the equivalent of 83% of their peacetime #tank stocks to #Ukraine's weapons and captures. It's hard to really drive home how big a loss this is. It is unprecedented. 3/6
Another big milestone, #Ukraine now claim to have destroyed a total of 5,000 Russian Armored Combat Vehicles. Yes, 5,000... 4/6
Full daily update here π 5/6
If you want to check out all visually confirmed losses, follow @oryxspioenkop . If you just want to watch endless destruction then check out my video below. END
Imagery has surfaced of hundreds of Russian vehicles captured by #Ukraine AF during the chaotic #Russia|n withdrawal from #Kharkiv Oblast. We estimate the Ukrainians captured $265m worth of vehicles, not even including the $100's of millions destroyed.
An easy place to start cataloguing the cost of a war is in military hardware. We will take a sample from the hard work of @oryxspioenkop each day to begin to show some of the overheads of warfare.
@oryxspioenkop#TankOfTheDay 1. The T-64 tank was famously expensive in its day, costing 143,000 Rubles in 1973 (approx $408k today). This T-64BV was destroyed on 03/16/2022.
@oryxspioenkop#TankOfTheDay 2. The T-72B is estimated to cost in the region of $2m based on historic Russian exports. Here we have one that was destroyed on 02/26/2022.