Russia is losing its advantage in heavy weapons on front in Ukraine, - Bloomberg
The latest data on military aid to Ukraine from its allies indicate that Russia is beginning to lose its advantage in heavy equipment on the battlefield.
This was reported by Bloomberg, Censor.NET reports.
"Updated on Thursday, the Ukraine Support Tracker database maintained by Germany's Kiel Institute for World Economics shows that Kyiv's allies have provided 471 new tanks since the start of the war, with 286 more yet to arrive, even as the pace of new pledges has slowed," the report said.
It is noted that according to the estimates of lost or captured equipment, based on open sources, conducted by the Oryx intelligence group, Ukraine's tank fleet has increased since the beginning of the invasion last year, while Russia's has been halved.
At the same time, many consider this estimate to be conservative.
The gap in artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems has also narrowed, albeit by a much smaller margin.
The data on tanks, in particular, coincides with parliamentary testimony given on Tuesday by the UK Chief of Defence Staff Tony Radakin, the newspaper writes.
"Russia has lost almost half of its army's combat capability. Last year it produced 10 million artillery shells, but at best it can produce 1 million shells a year. It has lost 2,500 tanks and at best can produce 200 tanks a year, " Radakin told the legislative assembly's defence committee.
However, as the newspaper notes, there is enormous uncertainty around such figures, as both sides consider their losses to be a state secret, and there are significant difficulties in collecting information from open sources. It is also impossible to obtain reliable data on the number of tanks and artillery pieces that Russia has produced or used from its arsenal of weapons since the beginning of the war.
