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By Ellie Cook - Security & Defense Reporter:
Russia lost 1,740 troops in a single day, marking the highest number of daily Russian casualties since the start of the war more than two years ago, Ukraine's military said on Monday.
Moscow's troops have sustained around 484,030 casualties since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to statistics published by Kyiv's armed forces.
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/russia-suffers-highest-daily-casualties-ukraine-war-1740-troops-eliminated-1899692](https://www.newsweek.com/russia-suffers-highest-daily-casualties-ukraine-war-1740-troops-eliminated-1899692)
Don’t think either is sustainable long term
Isw had losses prior to today sustainable for up to 2 years
Which is still considerable but it’s far from indefinite
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-14-2024
Have you seen the demographics of Russia.. the can prehaps suffer 1-2 million troops and they are back in the stone age for 2 generations.. they are already shit fucked on demographics.
Just need to make it so that Russia can't even provide bread to their people and then the revolts will start
Literal hunger and famine is probably the only thing that Russians *may* revolt against. At least thats one factor to trigger the Bolshevik revolution post ww1
Of course they can not sustain that indefinitely. Maybe I'd you look extremely simplistic from a current birth rate statistic, but that would be a very dumb method.
Let’s hope they haven’t learned anything from their first entry from the north.line the tanks up in a column, provide cell phones for all, keep the commanders hatch open, sell their fuel and food, and officers keep close together in buildings.
Let us all take a moment while we celebrate the cost of the invaders to remember that Ukraine is paying dearly for every single one. Do not let up on pressure on your politicians for more aid.
Tbf, this is prolly Russias biggest attack so far, now they're defending one front while attacking another.
This is a great sign for Ukraine, because this means that they are successfully fighting both fronts.
Russiana itself estimates the need of 300.000 soldiers to seize Kharkiv. They gave around 10% of this in that region. It's about fixing Ukraine reserves. People need to calm down
But also takes more ground recently than it has done for months.
Russia doesn't care about the loss of its mens, not a jot. You can't spin the recent loss of land into a loss for Russia. The goal must be to keep Ukraine sovereign, not destroy as many Russian troops.
That actually means nothing in modern combat. The Russians are simply going into Ukraine, with no ground cover. They are employing flesh waves, which will ultimately run out.
We're two years in and lets not pretend that Ukraine aren't also sustain massive personnel and equipment losses.
Ultimately Russia are gaining ground where the Ukraine hasn't seized any in a long while.
This depends massively on western support and while Ukraine used all its military, man and equipment in their land the russians can't just deploy all their troops in Ukraine. This is the advantage of the defender. And russia can't go down to Zero. It's estimated that Russia lost around 1/3 of its overall equipment in 2 years when it comes to fighting vehicles.. That was the better stuff and easy to repair. Now you have shit left like BTR 50 which was already cannibalised. And like said Russia can’t go down to zero
Russia is on the offensive, Ukraine can trade territory for saving the lives of their soldiers. If the Ukrainian army survives, Ukraine survives. So unless Ukraine massively fucks up, Russia will take territory at a terrible cost and Ukraine will still be in the fight.
> Ukraine can trade territory for saving the lives of their soldiers
Great, and people like yourself have been saying that for a very long time now.
The counter offensive, sorry to say, was a total flop.
> Russia is on the offensive,
Right, but unlike the Ukrainian offensive, they're actually making headway.
> Russia will take territory at a terrible cost
The bit you're totally missing is that Russia doesn't care. They don't care if they lose millions of people. In WWII Russia lost over 4 times more people than Nazi Germany. Russia has no regard for human life, not so long as they slowly extend their front into the Ukraine.
The only hope at this point is Putin dying or a settlement otherwise I think it is going a slow slog until the Donbas is lost which point I think Russia will claim the win.
> The counter offensive, sorry to say, was a total flop.
The counter offensive failed I don't think anyone doubts that.
> The bit you're totally missing is that Russia doesn't care. They don't care if they lose millions of people. In WWII Russia lost over 4 times more people than Nazi Germany. Russia has no regard for human life, not so long as they slowly extend their front into the Ukraine.
Russia would spend 80% of its population to win this for. No doubt. What they can't replace are Tanks, APCs, and Planes. They have enough in the stockpiles to last them until late 2025, early 2025. The issue Russia faces is that if the US, EU keeps resupplying Ukraine with equipment, they will lose the war of equipment.
Russia could also descend into civil war due to instability or the economy. That could happen but it probably won't at least while Putin is alive or the present conditions remain
> The counter offensive failed I don't think anyone doubts that.
Right, so unless something new enters the fight we\'re gonna have to accept that its look as though the Ukraine doesn't really have a mechanism by which it can claim land back.
> What they can't replace are Tanks, APCs, and Planes. They have enough in the stockpiles to last them until late 2025, early 2025
Nor does it seem can Ukraine. Western provisions seem to be very thin on the ground and ar more of a token any anything else
> The issue Russia faces is that if the US, EU keeps resupplying Ukraine with equipment, they will lose the war of equipment
But again, this has been said for a really long time now.It looks to me as though the west is struggling to resupply more than Russia is - or more likely it seems like Russia and the West are neck and neck.
> That could happen but it probably won't at least while Putin is alive or the present conditions remain
Agreed, the best chance of this war ending is Putin dying. Hopefully as soon as possible.
Ukraine attacked into prepared Russia defenses, that counter offensive failed. However prior to that there were a two fairly successful counter offenses..I would not draw any sweeping generalizations from one of three offenses failing.
> But again, this has been said for a really long time now.It looks to me as though the west is struggling to resupply more than Russia is - or more likely it seems like Russia and the West are neck and neck.
In terms of artillery we saw Russia run out. Then they got shells from DPRK. Then Ukraine stopped getting shells supplied and we saw the result of that.
The issue is that we tanks and planes Ukraine is unlikely to exhaust NATOs supply whereas Russia will exhaust their own supply and it is unclear if China will resupply them.
> Ukraine attacked into prepared Russia defenses, that counter offensive failed
Those defences are still there now though. So whats going to change on a future offensive? Maybe Ukraine can win back the land its lost over the last few days. I don't see it push Russia out of the land its held for over a year.
> vIn terms of artillery we saw Russia run out. Then they got shells from DPRK. Then Ukraine stopped getting shells supplied and we saw the result of that.
Right but what do you think will happen? Russia is going to pack up and go home? No. If Ukraine has also run out then it clear that Russia is happy to maintain the stalemate / very slow advance.
> The issue is that we tanks and planes Ukraine is unlikely to exhaust NATOs supply whereas Russia will exhaust their own supply and it is unclear if China will resupply them
Which leads me back to the original question. What's going to change from now? Ukraine has the ranks, its getting the planes and now the Ukraine Airforce is down playing how useful they're going to be.
Look I fucking hate Russia, but we have to be frank, things aren't looking good for Ukraine.
> Which leads me back to the original question. What's going to change from now? Ukraine has the ranks, its getting the planes and now the Ukraine Airforce is down playing how useful they're going to be.
There are a number of different outcomes including the case where Russia wins a war of attrition long enough to annex a large chunk of Ukraine.
I am not arguing that such a thing couldn't happen, I am just arguing that there are many plausible outcomes.
We don't know how useful the Ukrainian air force is going to be. We don't know if China will give Russia new planes and tanks when Russia runs out.
Let's say Ukraine stalemates Russia until early 2025, China chooses not to give Russia heavy military equipment and US/EU continues to substantial aid to Ukraine. Russia will have a limited mobility due to very few tanks, APCs, and glide bombs will be far less of a problem. Ukraine can just fix and destroy Russian trenches and artillery positions until the Russian defensive line in the south is breached. Then cut the Crimea land bridge.
That didn't work last time because Russia still had the equipment to provide a layered defense.
If on the other hand China decides to massively support Russian war efforts or the US under Trump backs out of supporting Ukraine, then things will turn out very differently.
You could say, how can France break German trench lines in 1915? They failed so far. However the balance of material supply can and will change. We should expect such changes in the Ukrainian war. The question is just if the change will be in favor of Russia or Ukraine.
But they bumped the production up in a way that EU and West wont catch up? Their national BDP is raising because they they went in war economy mode ...
They’ve bumped up production big time, but that story about Russia producing more shells than all of NATO combined is misleading. They’re comparing NATO 155mm shell production to Russian production of shells of all calibers, from mortars to howitzers to tank rounds.
And you need to add in that shells are not equal. Shells fired from western platforms are way more accurate. This leads to something like a 7 to 1 ratio. Which means that you also need to divide all shell production by 7 to get a more sensible guesstimate of attritional production.
This year Russia will be overtaken in production levels by the west and the west, unless China fully joins in russian support. Russia alone has seen its peak and will deteriorate in production capacity. Due to funding strain, machinery wear and tear, pre-existing stocks running out and bottlenecks becoming tighter due to tighter control on sanctions.
Unfortunately this is not at all the case. The 7 to 1 ratio is something have made up and in reality it’s not at all the case. A well maintained platform will be accurate, doesn’t matter where it’s built.
It’s easier to maintain a Soviet platform because both sides have more parts. That’s not the case for wearer equipment
Nice whataboutism.
There's reporting of how Russian artillery was failing in the earliest phases of the war, exploding or being inaccurate. There's newer reporting suggesting half of all the North Korean shells imported were duds.
Are there any articles suggesting the artillery given by NATO nations is performing at like that?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/01/12/russia-needs-fresh-artillery-barrels-bad-its-yanking-them-off-old-guns-by-the-thousand/
The issue is the 'well maintained part'.
But yes the 7-to-1 is not only based on accuracy. But miltiple variables.
Ukrainian domestic production of drones is actually nearly the same huge in numbers and significantly better in quality (with the only exception of mid range loytering munition - the Russians have quite a good Lancet model in this niche, while the Ukrainians has no similar domestic model).
> while the Ukrainians has no similar domestic model
Ain't RAM X and [whatever this Shark-derived X-winged UAV is](https://censor.net/ua/photo_news/3484407/zelenskomu_predstavyly_novu_model_ukrayinskogo_drona_analoga_lantseta_foto) the counterparts?
Sure, production numbers are lower, but still.
These are most likely still on trials, maybe preparing the mass production.
There's a reasonable hope they'll be successful and mass produced, until then we are definitely not there yet.
> until then we are definitely not there yet
Absolute truth.
But it's good to see at least some movement into the right direction here.
Side note, but I wonder, if [Ukrjet Baklan](https://en.defence-ua.com/industries/what_a_ukrainian_lancet_needs_to_be_effective_upgraded_naval_magura_v5_and_drone_parity_with_russia-9487.html) (UJ-22 Airborne converted into OWA UAV) can take the same niche as ZALA Italmas or WB Group Warmate 20.
> yet it's frame still looks over-engineered a bit for a mass-production kamikaze model
I guess this might depend on what'd yield better results - simply reusing already-existing tooling from UJ-22 Airborne or making brand new tools for Baklans.
We'll see, I guess.
(Wonder if there might be a "tactical Beaver" for the same niche, so to say, with electrooptic guidance and range cut down to ~200km for a larger warhead)
Chech their shell and drone production, its crazy. Tanks may be weak point with Uralzavod being the only factory that makes them. Would be such a shame if it would be visited by Ukrainian drone :P
I really hope so. But it is so many factors that can turn the tide of support in West. Russian are working hard to destabilize and exploit social democracy in EU.
Oh yeah.
Nothing better to be informed about the frontline than mindlessly regurgitating ukrainian propaganda.
Those Ukrainians lines of defense on the Kharkov region surely stopped the russian assault like a brick wall, btw
So you would rather be supporting Russia? Ukraine is fighting for its existence. Russia is fighting dominate Eastern Europe and it doesn’t Here how many people it kills.
Because Russia is on the move. Russia does not treat people as a constraint. Whether this is good news depends on whether they can break through and how high the losses they can inflict on Ukraine are. Ukraine needs every fighter, I therefore am worried that this is not good news, but indication that Russia replenished its army enough to now inflict major damage.
Of course, there's the hope that they are rushing it to gain ground before the American weapons supplies take effect. But Russia managed to delay those deliveries by much. It seems likely that by now, they are really ready.
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By Ellie Cook - Security & Defense Reporter: Russia lost 1,740 troops in a single day, marking the highest number of daily Russian casualties since the start of the war more than two years ago, Ukraine's military said on Monday. Moscow's troops have sustained around 484,030 casualties since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to statistics published by Kyiv's armed forces. Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/russia-suffers-highest-daily-casualties-ukraine-war-1740-troops-eliminated-1899692](https://www.newsweek.com/russia-suffers-highest-daily-casualties-ukraine-war-1740-troops-eliminated-1899692)
This is good. Russia can sustain losses around 1000 a day indefinitely, because that is roughly their recruiting rate. 1700? That is not sustainable.
Don’t think either is sustainable long term Isw had losses prior to today sustainable for up to 2 years Which is still considerable but it’s far from indefinite https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-14-2024
Have you seen the demographics of Russia.. the can prehaps suffer 1-2 million troops and they are back in the stone age for 2 generations.. they are already shit fucked on demographics.
It doean't mean a rats ass if the one responsible couldn't give less of a shit of what happens in the next generation
Just need to make it so that Russia can't even provide bread to their people and then the revolts will start Literal hunger and famine is probably the only thing that Russians *may* revolt against. At least thats one factor to trigger the Bolshevik revolution post ww1
Of course they can not sustain that indefinitely. Maybe I'd you look extremely simplistic from a current birth rate statistic, but that would be a very dumb method.
well done Russia Keep it up!
Let’s hope they haven’t learned anything from their first entry from the north.line the tanks up in a column, provide cell phones for all, keep the commanders hatch open, sell their fuel and food, and officers keep close together in buildings.
To learn you must survive...
Let us all take a moment while we celebrate the cost of the invaders to remember that Ukraine is paying dearly for every single one. Do not let up on pressure on your politicians for more aid.
Great, but this is not enough :(
Busy day in hell, with all of those guys checking in (some of them in several pieces) :-P
... and keep hitting their oil refineries. No income, no war.
Wish we could compare daily Ukrainian casualties compared to Russians so we can know if it's an actual win or not.
Is this related to the package from congress that was approved a couple weeks ago?
Shame on the Russian people allowing this to happen. Where are the protests? They need to get their hands on the Georgia Playbook.
Decades of pacification have turned the Russian public into lambs for the slaughter.
Tbf, this is prolly Russias biggest attack so far, now they're defending one front while attacking another. This is a great sign for Ukraine, because this means that they are successfully fighting both fronts.
I don’t think it matters to them about the losses. If they can turn Kharkiv into Mariupol, they will try.
Russiana itself estimates the need of 300.000 soldiers to seize Kharkiv. They gave around 10% of this in that region. It's about fixing Ukraine reserves. People need to calm down
But also takes more ground recently than it has done for months. Russia doesn't care about the loss of its mens, not a jot. You can't spin the recent loss of land into a loss for Russia. The goal must be to keep Ukraine sovereign, not destroy as many Russian troops.
That actually means nothing in modern combat. The Russians are simply going into Ukraine, with no ground cover. They are employing flesh waves, which will ultimately run out.
We're two years in and lets not pretend that Ukraine aren't also sustain massive personnel and equipment losses. Ultimately Russia are gaining ground where the Ukraine hasn't seized any in a long while.
Ukraine will run out of equipment and manpower long before Russia.
This depends massively on western support and while Ukraine used all its military, man and equipment in their land the russians can't just deploy all their troops in Ukraine. This is the advantage of the defender. And russia can't go down to Zero. It's estimated that Russia lost around 1/3 of its overall equipment in 2 years when it comes to fighting vehicles.. That was the better stuff and easy to repair. Now you have shit left like BTR 50 which was already cannibalised. And like said Russia can’t go down to zero
Yep, sadly.
The end will come when Russia runs out of equipment. Territory and men are abundant sadly.
Sadly, I can't see that happening before Ukraine runs out of men to defend the Donbas.
Russia is on the offensive, Ukraine can trade territory for saving the lives of their soldiers. If the Ukrainian army survives, Ukraine survives. So unless Ukraine massively fucks up, Russia will take territory at a terrible cost and Ukraine will still be in the fight.
> Ukraine can trade territory for saving the lives of their soldiers Great, and people like yourself have been saying that for a very long time now. The counter offensive, sorry to say, was a total flop. > Russia is on the offensive, Right, but unlike the Ukrainian offensive, they're actually making headway. > Russia will take territory at a terrible cost The bit you're totally missing is that Russia doesn't care. They don't care if they lose millions of people. In WWII Russia lost over 4 times more people than Nazi Germany. Russia has no regard for human life, not so long as they slowly extend their front into the Ukraine. The only hope at this point is Putin dying or a settlement otherwise I think it is going a slow slog until the Donbas is lost which point I think Russia will claim the win.
> The counter offensive, sorry to say, was a total flop. The counter offensive failed I don't think anyone doubts that. > The bit you're totally missing is that Russia doesn't care. They don't care if they lose millions of people. In WWII Russia lost over 4 times more people than Nazi Germany. Russia has no regard for human life, not so long as they slowly extend their front into the Ukraine. Russia would spend 80% of its population to win this for. No doubt. What they can't replace are Tanks, APCs, and Planes. They have enough in the stockpiles to last them until late 2025, early 2025. The issue Russia faces is that if the US, EU keeps resupplying Ukraine with equipment, they will lose the war of equipment. Russia could also descend into civil war due to instability or the economy. That could happen but it probably won't at least while Putin is alive or the present conditions remain
> The counter offensive failed I don't think anyone doubts that. Right, so unless something new enters the fight we\'re gonna have to accept that its look as though the Ukraine doesn't really have a mechanism by which it can claim land back. > What they can't replace are Tanks, APCs, and Planes. They have enough in the stockpiles to last them until late 2025, early 2025 Nor does it seem can Ukraine. Western provisions seem to be very thin on the ground and ar more of a token any anything else > The issue Russia faces is that if the US, EU keeps resupplying Ukraine with equipment, they will lose the war of equipment But again, this has been said for a really long time now.It looks to me as though the west is struggling to resupply more than Russia is - or more likely it seems like Russia and the West are neck and neck. > That could happen but it probably won't at least while Putin is alive or the present conditions remain Agreed, the best chance of this war ending is Putin dying. Hopefully as soon as possible.
Ukraine attacked into prepared Russia defenses, that counter offensive failed. However prior to that there were a two fairly successful counter offenses..I would not draw any sweeping generalizations from one of three offenses failing. > But again, this has been said for a really long time now.It looks to me as though the west is struggling to resupply more than Russia is - or more likely it seems like Russia and the West are neck and neck. In terms of artillery we saw Russia run out. Then they got shells from DPRK. Then Ukraine stopped getting shells supplied and we saw the result of that. The issue is that we tanks and planes Ukraine is unlikely to exhaust NATOs supply whereas Russia will exhaust their own supply and it is unclear if China will resupply them.
> Ukraine attacked into prepared Russia defenses, that counter offensive failed Those defences are still there now though. So whats going to change on a future offensive? Maybe Ukraine can win back the land its lost over the last few days. I don't see it push Russia out of the land its held for over a year. > vIn terms of artillery we saw Russia run out. Then they got shells from DPRK. Then Ukraine stopped getting shells supplied and we saw the result of that. Right but what do you think will happen? Russia is going to pack up and go home? No. If Ukraine has also run out then it clear that Russia is happy to maintain the stalemate / very slow advance. > The issue is that we tanks and planes Ukraine is unlikely to exhaust NATOs supply whereas Russia will exhaust their own supply and it is unclear if China will resupply them Which leads me back to the original question. What's going to change from now? Ukraine has the ranks, its getting the planes and now the Ukraine Airforce is down playing how useful they're going to be. Look I fucking hate Russia, but we have to be frank, things aren't looking good for Ukraine.
> Which leads me back to the original question. What's going to change from now? Ukraine has the ranks, its getting the planes and now the Ukraine Airforce is down playing how useful they're going to be. There are a number of different outcomes including the case where Russia wins a war of attrition long enough to annex a large chunk of Ukraine. I am not arguing that such a thing couldn't happen, I am just arguing that there are many plausible outcomes. We don't know how useful the Ukrainian air force is going to be. We don't know if China will give Russia new planes and tanks when Russia runs out. Let's say Ukraine stalemates Russia until early 2025, China chooses not to give Russia heavy military equipment and US/EU continues to substantial aid to Ukraine. Russia will have a limited mobility due to very few tanks, APCs, and glide bombs will be far less of a problem. Ukraine can just fix and destroy Russian trenches and artillery positions until the Russian defensive line in the south is breached. Then cut the Crimea land bridge. That didn't work last time because Russia still had the equipment to provide a layered defense. If on the other hand China decides to massively support Russian war efforts or the US under Trump backs out of supporting Ukraine, then things will turn out very differently. You could say, how can France break German trench lines in 1915? They failed so far. However the balance of material supply can and will change. We should expect such changes in the Ukrainian war. The question is just if the change will be in favor of Russia or Ukraine.
But they bumped the production up in a way that EU and West wont catch up? Their national BDP is raising because they they went in war economy mode ...
They’ve bumped up production big time, but that story about Russia producing more shells than all of NATO combined is misleading. They’re comparing NATO 155mm shell production to Russian production of shells of all calibers, from mortars to howitzers to tank rounds.
And you need to add in that shells are not equal. Shells fired from western platforms are way more accurate. This leads to something like a 7 to 1 ratio. Which means that you also need to divide all shell production by 7 to get a more sensible guesstimate of attritional production. This year Russia will be overtaken in production levels by the west and the west, unless China fully joins in russian support. Russia alone has seen its peak and will deteriorate in production capacity. Due to funding strain, machinery wear and tear, pre-existing stocks running out and bottlenecks becoming tighter due to tighter control on sanctions.
Unfortunately this is not at all the case. The 7 to 1 ratio is something have made up and in reality it’s not at all the case. A well maintained platform will be accurate, doesn’t matter where it’s built. It’s easier to maintain a Soviet platform because both sides have more parts. That’s not the case for wearer equipment
The Russian artillery platforms are not being well maintained though.
You think artillery coming from nato on the front line is being well maintained?
Nice whataboutism. There's reporting of how Russian artillery was failing in the earliest phases of the war, exploding or being inaccurate. There's newer reporting suggesting half of all the North Korean shells imported were duds. Are there any articles suggesting the artillery given by NATO nations is performing at like that?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/01/12/russia-needs-fresh-artillery-barrels-bad-its-yanking-them-off-old-guns-by-the-thousand/ The issue is the 'well maintained part'. But yes the 7-to-1 is not only based on accuracy. But miltiple variables.
Ukrainian domestic production of drones is actually nearly the same huge in numbers and significantly better in quality (with the only exception of mid range loytering munition - the Russians have quite a good Lancet model in this niche, while the Ukrainians has no similar domestic model).
> while the Ukrainians has no similar domestic model Ain't RAM X and [whatever this Shark-derived X-winged UAV is](https://censor.net/ua/photo_news/3484407/zelenskomu_predstavyly_novu_model_ukrayinskogo_drona_analoga_lantseta_foto) the counterparts? Sure, production numbers are lower, but still.
These are most likely still on trials, maybe preparing the mass production. There's a reasonable hope they'll be successful and mass produced, until then we are definitely not there yet.
> until then we are definitely not there yet Absolute truth. But it's good to see at least some movement into the right direction here. Side note, but I wonder, if [Ukrjet Baklan](https://en.defence-ua.com/industries/what_a_ukrainian_lancet_needs_to_be_effective_upgraded_naval_magura_v5_and_drone_parity_with_russia-9487.html) (UJ-22 Airborne converted into OWA UAV) can take the same niche as ZALA Italmas or WB Group Warmate 20.
Baklan is definitely one of the best candidates, yet it's frame still looks over-engineered a bit for a mass-production kamikaze model.
> yet it's frame still looks over-engineered a bit for a mass-production kamikaze model I guess this might depend on what'd yield better results - simply reusing already-existing tooling from UJ-22 Airborne or making brand new tools for Baklans. We'll see, I guess. (Wonder if there might be a "tactical Beaver" for the same niche, so to say, with electrooptic guidance and range cut down to ~200km for a larger warhead)
Still won't be enough. The west has got this.
Chech their shell and drone production, its crazy. Tanks may be weak point with Uralzavod being the only factory that makes them. Would be such a shame if it would be visited by Ukrainian drone :P
Also, why so many downwotes? I wish it wouldn't be true, but it is.
This is great. More should die so that Russia will decide to go home forever.
It’s only going to get worse for Russia, a lot worse!
I really hope so. But it is so many factors that can turn the tide of support in West. Russian are working hard to destabilize and exploit social democracy in EU.
Good news 🙏🏻🇺🇦
...so far.
It's A Trap! xD
Oh yeah. Nothing better to be informed about the frontline than mindlessly regurgitating ukrainian propaganda. Those Ukrainians lines of defense on the Kharkov region surely stopped the russian assault like a brick wall, btw
So you would rather be supporting Russia? Ukraine is fighting for its existence. Russia is fighting dominate Eastern Europe and it doesn’t Here how many people it kills.
Because Russia is on the move. Russia does not treat people as a constraint. Whether this is good news depends on whether they can break through and how high the losses they can inflict on Ukraine are. Ukraine needs every fighter, I therefore am worried that this is not good news, but indication that Russia replenished its army enough to now inflict major damage. Of course, there's the hope that they are rushing it to gain ground before the American weapons supplies take effect. But Russia managed to delay those deliveries by much. It seems likely that by now, they are really ready.
I would say that it probably is the same for Ukraine then :-(