The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 28.10.23 were approximately:
personnel ‒ about 298420 (+740) persons,
tanks ‒ 5167 (+22),
APV ‒ 9749 (+23),
artillery systems – 7180 (+18),
MLRS – 834 (+0),
Anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 558 (+2),
aircraft – 320 (+0),
helicopters – 324 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level – 5399 (+9),
cruise missiles ‒ 1541 (+3),
warships / boats ‒ 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
vehicles and fuel tanks – 9524 (+11),
special equipment ‒ 1011 (+0).
Data are being updated.
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Otherwise that would be interesting to hear:
Joking aside, the Russian economy is effectively now a pure war economy. About 40% of government spending in 2023 was military. Not much else you can do, then. Economic growth, infrastructure, social security, whatever else the government spends money, is subordinate to the war efforts.
It is clear that that is what Ukraine currently has to do unless it wants to stop existing (with military spending having reached 44% of GPD, although most of it hasn't been paid for by Ukraine), but for Russia it is just absolutely bonkers.
Yes, and it's been going on for more than a year now. We already heard about huge deficits in the spring of this year.
I have been "analyzing" a bit on the Russian economy here from time to time.
In short they are burning through their war chest super fast. It should be emptying out around year end.
We just saw yesterday, their national bank is increasing interest rate from 13 to 15%, and simultaneously state that it will NOT be enough to keep inflation under the target of 4%.
We've heard that the economy suffer from worker shortage, and behaves like a strange limbo between an overheating economy, at the same time it's actually slowing down.
We are nearing the time where the impact will really be felt, both in government shortage of money, and in private economies.
The hike in interest rate now, especially interesting since EU has stated they will not increase their 4% interest rate now, as inflation is now falling.
So the Russian propaganda that EU is only hurting themselves, and it doesn't impact Russia, is clearly falling apart now.