Losses of Russia and Ukraine in 5 weeks of war
Losses announced by Russia
1351 Russian soldiers were killed and 3,825 others were wounded
Ukrainian forces losses
More than 14 thousand killed and about 16 thousand wounded.
The Air Force and Air Defenses are almost completely destroyed and the Navy no longer exists.
Destruction of 1,815 out of 2,416 tanks and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army, 762 artillery, 124 out of 152 warplanes and 77 out of 149 helicopters of the Ukrainian forces
Destroyed 341 drones, 148 out of 300 air defense systems, 117 out of 300 radars of the Ukrainian army, and 195 multiple missile launchers.
Targeting 16 major military airports of the Ukrainian army, destroying 39 bases and depots that contained up to 70% of the total reserves of war vehicles, material materials and fuel for the army, in addition to huge quantities of ammunition estimated to have a total weight of 1.54 million tons.
Russian forces have targeted 30 major military-industrial facilities in Ukraine with missiles
Destruction of 127 bridges in Ukraine, blaming "Ukrainian nationalists" for blowing them up in order to slow the progress of Russian forces.
Ukraine announced losses
Ukraine has not announced a new death toll from the military since the third week, and only talked about economic losses, which exceeded 565 billion dollars.
As for Russia, Ukraine declared:
17,200 soldiers, 127 fighters, 129 helicopters and 597 tanks.
Destruction of 1,710 armored vehicles, 303 cannons, 96 missile systems, and 54 air defense missile systems.
Destroying 1,178 military vehicles, 7 ships and gunboats, 73 fuel vehicles and 71 drones.
Will supporting the continuation of the war benefit Ukraine? Or is the best agreement to end the war through negotiations?
From your figures, Russia backed off from Kiev; after incurring huge losses.
Around 5 or 6 negotiations held; all failed! In fact, Zelensky in his recent speech in UN has appealed for tighter sanctions on Russia meaning countries like Germany should stop buying Russian oil.
As far as Russia is concerned 'Phase 1 is over'. Water supply to Crimea restored. Donbass region having larger Russian speaking population - is annexed.
the signal from West is, Russia may not cross into western Ukraine, near Poland. What does this mean? After all Russia does not have the population size to control Eastern Ukraine. Does it mean accepting a new puppet government in Kiev all over again?
Frankly, except for Poland, nobody is worried. The only cause of concern is wheat supply from Ukraine and I suppose division of Ukraine is the secret goal of future negotiations.
There has been a small lobby in the White House (for a long time) to apply tariffs on China. Now it's easy to say, If US sanctions on Russia succeeds then who is to say China won't be next?
If Russia and China go down under then who else is remaining? Why not India because then all of Asia - from Syria to Japan - come under the influence of the USA. If I can think thus far; imagine what my government is thinking!
Frankly, Ukraine is an excuse. Things like CRT imposition in schools, open southern borders is all to keep the American public distracted while this proxy WW III is begun.
Edited by
jaish
on Wed 04/06/22 08:11 AM
