All I do is Nguyen said:So Russia uses 2nd tier machinery and soldiers first? Why does that not make a lot of sense to me? I would think you would want a mix of top tier soldiers with everyone else. I have ZERO military or tactical experience so I am just going off what makes sense to me, a civilian.SpreadsheetAg said:It's huge from an American / Western standpoint, but not so much to Russian Generals. They don't have our same view of casualties.All I do is Nguyen said:This is HUGE regardless of whatever misinformation is coming out. If Russia is willing to admit to at least 2100 dead, then it is much worse than that.ATX_AG_08 said:I think a lot of people are surprised by these numbers, but opposed invasions cause a number of losses.
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 4, 2022
Ukraine claims 9166 Russian casualties, while the last Russian claim was 2100
Per @oryxspioenkop tracker, we can confirm at least 500 Russian vehicles destroyed. pic.twitter.com/uwZB4ks8gi
We know:
1. Russian tactics (and soviet before that) commit their conscripts and old equipment to fight first
2. Russian generals won't balk at these numbers, they will just keep feeding the war effort with more personnel and equipment from stores until they overwhelm or wear down the defenders
Now they probably were surprised by the resistance and the technology being thrown at them, but that was them sticking their hat up on a bayonet and seeing where the shooting is coming from and what is being shot at them.
That theory is looking more like an excuse for Russia looking pretty incompetent. Russia apparently thought they could sweep through the Chernobyl exclusion zone and with the aid of seizing the airport at Hostomel with elite forces in a heliborne assault, quickly seize Kiev.
However their elite airborne troops got routed at the airport by Ukraine's reaction force stationed at Kiev for that very purpose. The main body from the west has since bogged down. They are apparently having major supply and/or morale problems and likely both since those problems contribute to each other. This is obvious not just by the sheer quantity of abandoned equipment, but by the quality. Top-end tanks, APC's with the latest stuff on them like anti-IED tech, the best tactical anti aircraft systems Russia has.