The Russian Federation has lost 90% of its tanks since the start of the war – media

Since the start of its all-out invasion, Russia has lost at least 2,619 tanks in Ukraine, accounting for at least 90% of Russia’s total number in service, Forbes reported.

According to journalists, the Russian Federation entered the war against Ukraine with 2,987 tanks; after 23 months of fighting, they had lost at least 90 percent. The publication said that we are talking about 1,735 destroyed, 205 abandoned and 544 captured tanks of T-55, T-62, T-72, T-80 and T-90 models.

“If the Kremlin had no options to compensate for the war losses, the Russian army would have been reduced to only 368 tanks, which would be too few to defend against the Ukrainian armored corps,” Forbes believes.

The Kremlin said it will receive 1,500 new and upgraded tanks by 2023 thanks to “intensive industrial efforts.” Forbes suggests that because of this, the Russian Federation should have 2,400 existing tanks, but in reality there “should be less.”

“Because Russia may not produce as many new and modern tanks as the Kremlin claims,” ​​the newspaper emphasized.

At the same time, an analysis by the French intelligence group ARI confirms that the Russian industry produces only 390 tanks per year.

“This means that in 2022 and 2023 it can build or repair only 780 tanks. If this is true, the Russian armed forces can be reduced to 1,180 tanks,” Forbes calculated.

They added that this is probably slightly more tanks than the Ukrainian Armed Forces currently have.

Let us remind you that, according to the latest data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has destroyed or damaged 6,060 tanks of the aggressor country.