The loss of tanks could cost the Russian budget at least $9 billion This is about 16 annual budgets of the city of Chelyabinsk.
From the beginning of 2024, the Ukrainian military hit more than 3 thousand Russian tanks or 102 battalions. The Ministry of Defense announced this on Tuesday, November 5.
“Since the beginning of 2024, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed and knocked out 3,179 tanks of the Russian Army There are 31 tanks in a tank battalion That is, within 10 months of this year, the defenders of Ukraine have disabled 102 tank battalions of the invaders,” the message said.
It is implied that on May 12, the Russians had a kind of tankman day. Then, in one day, Ukrainian units hit 31 tanks of the invaders, or a full battalion.
According to the Ministry of Defense, such tank losses can cost the Russian budget at least $9 billion This is an approximate amount based on calculations based on average world prices for this type of weapon (according to on information from open sources).
“$ 9 billion, for example, is about 16 annual budget of the city of Chelyabinsk, which has the worst environmental situation in the Russian Federation. At the same time, instead of solving internal social problems, the leadership of the aggressor The country continues to spend a lot of money on war,” said the Ministry of Defense.
Let’s remember that in October the Russian troops suffered a record loss of front equipment in the last two years of the war. This is confirmed by data from the Oryx project.
It is also reported that Russia has lost more than 700 thousand soldiers killed and wounded since the beginning of the war.
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Source: korrespondent
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