Ukraine suffered heavy losses in early November, heavy weapons consumed at record rate
The Ukrainian Army set a "record" for armored vehicle losses in early November, and why did they lose one and a half times more heavy weapons than the Russian Army?
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According to the Telegram channel "Legitimny", during the 23 days of November, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost a record amount of military equipment. The publication notes that the daily losses are growing rapidly and breaking all-time records. In November, the AFU lost 10 tanks, 30 armored and artillery vehicles, and more than a hundred other heavy combat vehicles. But the AFU’s UAV operators are now the number one target for the Russian Armed Forces (RFAF), and Russia is not even sparing Iskander tactical ballistic missiles to destroy them.
Russia not only destroyed the AFU's UAV crews, in order to "cover" their entire supply line within a 20-kilometer radius from the demarcation line; but they also hunted down AFU's motorized convoys carrying weapons and logistical supplies, the Legitimny channel emphasized. The author of the article on the Legitimny channel added that, according to Ukrainian soldiers, the situation of weapons, equipment, supplies, support and training of the RFAF is many times better than that of the AFU. And the AFU is currently facing a serious shortage of tanks on the battlefield. As the author of the article in Legitimny noted, the situation on the front line was very bad for the AFU, there were no significant successes. Even the special forces and reconnaissance groups assigned to infiltrate or plant flags (to confirm that the Ukrainian troops had not retreated) could not complete their assigned tasks. In addition, AFU commanders also explained why they lost one and a half times more weapons and equipment than the RFAF. According to analysts, this is due to the overwhelming superiority of the using units, as well as the number of Russian UAVs on the battlefield in recent times.
According to a Ukrainian officer codenamed Alex, in the first half of November, the losses of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were one and a half times higher than those of the Armed Forces of Russia. He believes that the current situation is completely understandable. “The enemy is focusing on blocking our logistics routes and areas far from our demarcation lines, as well as anything moving on the ground (people, vehicles); while we, for the most part, are only focusing on destroying enemy equipment involved in offensive operations.” This is where these numbers come from, because the movement of vehicles within 15 km of the front line is quite dense and continuous. The RFAF mainly attacks armored fighting vehicles, light armored vehicles, or tanks and self-propelled guns, camouflaged in positions.
In contrast, the AFU focuses primarily on destroying heavy armored vehicles – such as tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and armored personnel carriers – which act as armored taxis, transporting their forces to the attack area – Alex explains. Alex added that, over time, the number of armored vehicles used by the RFAF in offensive operations has decreased significantly; thus, the AFU's destruction rate has decreased somewhat. It is worth noting that this information is indirectly confirmed by a number of other AFU soldiers, who wrote on social networks about the collapse of AFU logistics in some areas of the front. Ukrainian soldiers also reported a very active Russian FPV UAV activity in the frontline area, destroying any vehicles and people moving on the ground. For this reason, the supply of Ukrainian garrisons in a number of major cities, it is said, has become very difficult and dangerous.
A clear illustration of the massive losses of weapons and equipment of the Ukrainian army is the situation on the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad front, where the RFAF has completely cut off its supply lines. Currently, the Ukrainian troops hiding inside cannot receive supplies, even when using heavy multi-axis UAVs. (photo source: Military Review, Ukrinform, Kyiv Post).
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