Couchpotato
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Well, had...
Something about those 10K tanks in reserve- they are mostly rusty hulks that have had everything stripped off that can be sold on the black market. The sights, radios, in some cases even the drive trains have been removed and sold.
They had about 2850 modernized T-72,T-80, and T-90's at the start of the invasion. And probably a couple thousand older T-72A'a and B's that were functional but not really combat effective.
They've lost a shitload of armor, which is why they're dragging out obsolete T-62's, and putting 1980's era thermal sights on them, and sending them off to Ukraine.
Ok. You believe whatever you want to believe but I'm going to go ahead and trust that the CSIS knows more about this than random guy on the internet.