The tires are literally coming off their vehicles in Ukraine and they have no way to replace them when they break down, get destroyed or abandoned. Corruption within their own military has destroyed any chance of that. The Russian death toll is up to 20,000+ in just a mere 2 months of fighting. We haven't seen losses in lives and equipment like this since the second world war. None of this is sustainable. Russia is done, Putin just doesn't realize it yet.
Corruption hinders Russia's attempts to replace losses with old vehicles - Ukraine
Mothballed Russian military equipment is being taken out of long-term storage, but stolen and missing parts are preventing the replenishment of vehicles and the replacing losses.
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Russia is attempting to restore old military equipment held in long-term storage to replace losses suffered during its invasion of Ukraine but it is encountering difficulty in doing so because of corruption and the poor condition of the equipment, the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate (GUR) said on Saturday.
Military gear is being removed from long-term storage facilities and is being channeled to a repair and rehabilitation base near the Belarus and Ukraine border, GUR asserted, but in cases such as the Russian 4th Tank Division, the conditions of vehicles are such that only one-in-ten "mothballed" units is in working order.
The Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate alleged that corruption had been a major reason for the "extremely unsatisfactory" condition of the equipment being taken out of storage.
"Optical devices and electronics containing precious metals were stolen from the combat vehicles," said GUR. The intelligence body reported that many of the 4th Tank Division's stored tanks were "completely dismantled," and that some did not have engines.
Russia has lost 873 tanks, 179 aircraft and 21,800 troops in Ukraine
The latest statistics, published today by the Ukrainian Land Forces, suggest 21,800 Russian fighters have been killed amid bitter resistance - though this figure could not be verified.
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