Today marks 12 weeks since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Within the abundant military losses, there is a fact that draws a lot of attention.<\/p>\n
Russia has lost 3,675 vehicles, of which 2,034 have been captured<\/big><\/p>\n According to the documented losses published by the independent site Oryxspioenkop.com<\/a>, from February 24 to today the Russian Armed Forces have lost 3,675 military vehicles in Ukraine<\/strong>, of which 2,034 have been destroyed, 74 damaged, 283 abandoned and -most surprisingly- a total of 1,284 have been captured.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ukraine has captured 239 Russian tanks, most of them T-72<\/big><\/p>\n Of those 1,284 vehicles captured by the Ukrainians, 239 are tanks, mostly T-72s<\/strong> (of the 671 tanks lost by Russia, a total of 401 are T-72s of various variants). Likewise, the Ukrainians have managed to capture 131 armored fighting vehicles, 226 infantry fighting vehicles<\/strong>, 54 armored personnel carriers, 33 infantry mobility vehicles and even 32 command and communications posts.<\/strong><\/p>\n Among the Russian vehicles captured by the Ukrainian forces there are also 66 engineering vehicles, 8 heavy mortars, 39 towed artillery pieces, 42 self-propelled howitzers, 31 multiple rocket launchers<\/strong>, 4 anti-aircraft guns, 7 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 21 ground missile launchers -air, 6 radars, 2 electronic jamming systems and a Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter<\/strong> (which was damaged), as well as 27 drones and 273 trucks and various vehicles.<\/strong><\/p>\n Captured Russian vehicles exceed Ukrainian losses<\/big><\/p>\n The number of Russian vehicles captured by the Ukrainian forces far exceeds the number of vehicles lost by the defenders: 1,046. So far, Ukraine has lost 163 tanks, but those captured from the Russians add up to 239.<\/strong> Something similar happens with armored fighting vehicles (80 lost by Ukraine, compared to 131 captured from the Russians) and infantry fighting vehicles (117 , compared to the 226 captured from the Russians). With these figures, Russia continues to be the main supplier (involuntary, yes) of the Ukrainian Army during this invasion.<\/strong><\/p>\n Vehicle deliveries to Ukraine from other countries<\/big><\/p>\n To the negative balance that these losses represent for Russia, we must add the heavy vehicles that other countries are delivering to Ukraine. According to data collected by Oryxspioenkop.com<\/a>, so far Ukraine has received the following tanks:<\/strong><\/p>\n It has also received 40 British CVR(T) armored fighting vehicles.<\/strong> Ukraine has also received the following infantry fighting vehicles:<\/strong><\/p>\n Likewise, the chapter on armoured transport vehicles<\/strong> donated to Ukraine (some pending delivery) includes the following vehicles:<\/p>\n The list also includesMRAPs, infantry mobility vehicles, self-propelled and towed artillery pieces<\/strong>, multiple rocket launchers, self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missile systems from various countries, in addition to 16 Mi-17 helicopters delivered by the US and 16 Bayraktar TB2 drones delivered by Turkey.<\/strong><\/p>\n ---<\/p>\n
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