The latest statistics published by the Ukrainian ground forces, on Sunday, indicate that what they lost Russia In two months of its campaign, which began on February 24, it is equivalent to arming an entire army, although Al-Arabiya.net was unable to verify the numbers, which state that more than 21,800 Russians were killed amid bitter resistance from the Ukrainian army and people.
And in equipment, speech to the Ukrainian ground forces, lost Russia Many, 873 tanks, 2238 armored vehicles, 179 aircraft, 154 helicopters, and 408 artillery systems have been destroyed since the beginning of the war to which Russia has allocated more than 280,000 soldiers, including 125,000 who fought in and near Ukraine, but they They were forced to withdraw from the outskirts of Kyiv in late March, and repositioned themselves in the eastern Donbas region following the Ukrainian army repelled their advance, inflicting heavy losses on them.
The heavy losses in the Russian forces were attributed to bad tactical decisions taken by the Russian leaders amid a significant reduction in the capabilities of the Ukrainian armed forces, and they discovered belatedly that the number of Russian soldiers needed to seize the entire country and control the entire population must be close to a million, according to what was reported by the media. British regarding Michael Clarke, a visiting professor in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, whose analysis notes that “the Kremlin has unfortunately underestimated the amount of force needed to force its neighbor into submission,” he said.
Clark indicated that the combat power in Ukraine had grown significantly, thanks to the number of reservists who registered in the weeks leading up to the Russian campaign, the influx of foreign fighters who volunteered to fight alongside the Ukrainians, and the introduction of conscription, which made morale among the Russian forces weaken as they were shipped to Ukraine. battle, to the point where she appeared unprepared and untrained in the face of stiff resistance.