What is the military cost of the war for Russia? Moscow, since the startspecial military operation“They would have lost on February 24.”60% of its total inventory of battle tanks and 70% of its inventory of land-based missiles“On November 16, before the closed session of the deputies of the National Defense Committee, the director of the General Staff of the European Union, Hervé Blejean, clarified, the transcript of which has just been published. Furthermore, “40% of his crew and 20% of his artilleryare not currently in use.
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The European Union’s military headquarters, which is responsible for warning, assessment and strategic planning, estimates Russia’s losses as “at least 60,000 Russian soldiers (who) would be killed, three times as many wounded. This means that around 250,000 Russian fighter jets will be decommissioned today.“. There will be losses for Ukraineparadoxicallymore difficult to recognize, andless important than the Russians, but still significant“. for KievThe Ukrainians’ short-term goal is to create three new army corps with an estimated 75,000 men by March 2023.” in order to “take the initiative next spring“. “This very ambitious goal corresponds practically to the size of the French army’s ground operational force– he compared.
To compensate for these losses, Moscow decided at the end of September “partial mobilization300,000 reservists. But it did, the Kremlin admittedmany faults“. “As fighters, they will be used to multiply defense lines in illegally occupied territories;Hervé Blejean assessed. In addition, the admiral returned to the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy, which affected “lack of raw materials and electronic components to purchase new equipment“. “That’s why Russian soldiers take TVs, washing machines, etc. when they retire. the goal is not so much to decorate their homes as to supply materials to Russian industry. However, it will not be enough to restore his power.“, he predicted.
The director of the military staff of the European Union also predicted that “spring attack“will have”aim to continue the progress made in Septemberin Kharkiv and Kherson. Kyiv”.get carried away by his momentum“, “plans to win the war by taking Crimea as Luhansk and Donetsk regions“. “If there is no negotiated surprise, bloody offensive operations will come in the spring“, he elaborated.
Source: Le Figaro
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