Russian army faces equipment losses amid Ukraine's counteroffensive
The Russian army is losing its military equipment (facebook.com)
Russian forces started to lose a significant amount of their military equipment, as the Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway. Russians are also experiencing a shortage of mechanics for repairs, as the National Resistance Center of Ukraine reports.
"The invaders are preparing to replenish their losses by decommissioning old weapons. The Russians also lack mechanics who can repair damaged or outdated vehicles," the report says.
According to the center, Russians are forcibly engaging specialists in the repair and maintenance of military equipment, in particular, in the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula. The occupiers are selecting car mechanics from local service stations.
Ukraine's counteroffensive
Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have achieved partial success during the ongoing counteroffensive. The Russians continue to suffer losses. According to Maliar, Ukrainian troops advanced 200 to 500 meters on various sectors on the Bakhmut front over the past day, they moved forward up to 350 meters on the Zaporizhzhia front.
The active phase of the Ukrainian counteroffensive began a few days ago. The army managed to liberate seven settlements in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
Russia's losses in the war against Ukraine
Russia's manpower losses have now exceeded 217,000 soldiers. On the last day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated 680 occupiers.
According to Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov, Russia lost 7.5 times more soldiers than Ukraine on the Bakhmut front. He said that Russian losses in Bakhmut since September 2022 amounted to almost 23,000 people killed.
